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…biological monster sutured together by a reputable Dr. Frankenstein has frightened generations of readers and movie-goers, while the movie 2001's super-computer "HAL" typically becomes dangerous and turns on his crew. The word "robot" first appeared as a negative…

…. Rhoades, noted in his diary: General MacArthur definitely is appalled and depressed by this Frankenstein monster [the bomb]. I had a long talk with him today, necessitated by the impending trip to Okinawa. . . . [THE DECISION, p. 350.] * Fleet Admiral…

…to its prohibition. Some headlines made about marijuana in the 1930s were: "Marijuana: The assassin of youth." "Marijuana: The devil's weed with roots in hell." "Marijuana makes fiends of boys in 30 days." "If the hideous monster Frankenstein came face…

…Frankenstein and Collected Poems, published in 1984. Liz Lochhead has also worked in other fields of the art world including broadcasting as a performing poet and also has experience as a dramatist. She continues to live in her home city of Glasgow. The feminist…

…morals and happy endings where the monsters were destroyed reflected a long forgotten age. besides mythical, foreign monsters no longer scared people; the horror was now much closer to home. <Tab/>When the classic horror novel Frankenstein…

…, other prefers historical or political figures. You can also meet pirates, princesses, Draculas, Cinderellas, or even Frankenstein's monsters at a Halloween festival. At Halloween parties children play traditional games. Many games date back to the harvest…

…is envisioned. I feel that this visualization of human cloning is produced and perpetuated through the consumerist society we live in, namely through the media. The oldest movie creating this fear is Frankenstein. A newer version is the television series, Dark Angel…

…, 'see now' shows how her opinions of herself and her life have changed, she is no longer so discontented, and she sees nothing wrong with the social standing she now has. Frank's allusion to 'Frankenstein,' however, shows he feels that what he has created…

…in motion pictures was strong throughout the 1930s. A cycle of classic horror films, including Dracula (1931), Frankenstein (1931), and The Mummy (1932), emerged from Universal studios, spawning a series of sequels and spin-offs that lasted through the decade…

…embodiment of the Messiah myth, the saviour. Instead of crying out in despair, demanding to know why the father has forsaken him, Roy kills Dr. Tyrell, his maker, his god. But unlike the monster of Frankenstein he chooses to live on, though firm in the knowledge…