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		By: Jantine		</title>
		<link>https://blog.paperblanks.com/2013/08/top-5-misunderstood-monsters-in-literature/#comment-8280343</link>

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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Apr 2022 08:42:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://blog.paperblanks.com/2013/08/top-5-misunderstood-monsters-in-literature/#comment-8280333&quot;&gt;Jantine&lt;/a&gt;.

Oh and then I&#039;ve not even begun about Snape, who was a death eater close to Voldemort before Lily was killed, and who could have prevented the death of Harry&#039;s parents - and who only helped the good side because it was his incel obsession who was killed, instead of Neville&#039;s mom. Then he goes on to abuse children under the protection of being a spy. Ugh. Nothing endearing about a nazi incel doing the bare minimum of not being all bad.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://blog.paperblanks.com/2013/08/top-5-misunderstood-monsters-in-literature/#comment-8280333">Jantine</a>.</p>
<p>Oh and then I&#8217;ve not even begun about Snape, who was a death eater close to Voldemort before Lily was killed, and who could have prevented the death of Harry&#8217;s parents &#8211; and who only helped the good side because it was his incel obsession who was killed, instead of Neville&#8217;s mom. Then he goes on to abuse children under the protection of being a spy. Ugh. Nothing endearing about a nazi incel doing the bare minimum of not being all bad.</p>
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		By: Jantine		</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Apr 2022 08:38:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Of course in Frankenstein the real monster -is- Frankenstein himself.
- He gets consumed by his egoistical desires, creating another creature (mind you, the creature is never called a &#039;monster&#039; directly, only by Frankenstein himself);
- then when that creature comes alive, physically a grown man (mind you, according to the book he is terrifying, but very, very beautiful and not ugly at all!), but mentally an infant. Frankenstein suddenly has second thoughts, and actually abandons an infant. Not only abandons an infant, but one in a grown body, so expected to know his way around;
- then when this creature, in his beautiful but terrifying (in a &#039;this looks too good/strong/perfect to be true&#039;) way, gets shunned because he is weird without anyone helping him all the effin&#039; time, he wants to get Frankenstein&#039;s attention in the only way he is taught. Mind you, his murders at this point could have been prevented if Frankenstein had not abandoned him as a babe in the first place. The only thing the creature wants is someone like him, so he is not lonely anymore;
- Frankenstein promises to end the loneliness (which would likely have stopped the murder spree), but changes his mind;
- meanwhile Frankenstein lets an innocent girl be hanged for a murder she did not commit, to save his own skin. Because he knows it is actually him who is to blame;
- to save his own skin he tells no one, and being still his egoistical, egocentrical self, he thinks the monster is after him instead of after the ones he loves out of revenge until the very end.

So yeah, who is the villain here? The one who tries to get his father&#039;s attention the only way he knows how, or the egoistical, egocentrical man who abandons a baby and leaves everyone hanging (some literally) because to him the world revolves around himself and his whims only?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Of course in Frankenstein the real monster -is- Frankenstein himself.<br />
&#8211; He gets consumed by his egoistical desires, creating another creature (mind you, the creature is never called a &#8216;monster&#8217; directly, only by Frankenstein himself);<br />
&#8211; then when that creature comes alive, physically a grown man (mind you, according to the book he is terrifying, but very, very beautiful and not ugly at all!), but mentally an infant. Frankenstein suddenly has second thoughts, and actually abandons an infant. Not only abandons an infant, but one in a grown body, so expected to know his way around;<br />
&#8211; then when this creature, in his beautiful but terrifying (in a &#8216;this looks too good/strong/perfect to be true&#8217;) way, gets shunned because he is weird without anyone helping him all the effin&#8217; time, he wants to get Frankenstein&#8217;s attention in the only way he is taught. Mind you, his murders at this point could have been prevented if Frankenstein had not abandoned him as a babe in the first place. The only thing the creature wants is someone like him, so he is not lonely anymore;<br />
&#8211; Frankenstein promises to end the loneliness (which would likely have stopped the murder spree), but changes his mind;<br />
&#8211; meanwhile Frankenstein lets an innocent girl be hanged for a murder she did not commit, to save his own skin. Because he knows it is actually him who is to blame;<br />
&#8211; to save his own skin he tells no one, and being still his egoistical, egocentrical self, he thinks the monster is after him instead of after the ones he loves out of revenge until the very end.</p>
<p>So yeah, who is the villain here? The one who tries to get his father&#8217;s attention the only way he knows how, or the egoistical, egocentrical man who abandons a baby and leaves everyone hanging (some literally) because to him the world revolves around himself and his whims only?</p>
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		By: Robyn @ Paperblanks		</title>
		<link>https://blog.paperblanks.com/2013/08/top-5-misunderstood-monsters-in-literature/#comment-7888423</link>

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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2020 18:26:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://blog.paperblanks.com/2013/08/top-5-misunderstood-monsters-in-literature/#comment-7883853&quot;&gt;mike rivera&lt;/a&gt;.

Interesting, thank you for sharing! The movie wasn&#039;t released when we published this article, but it sounds like Larry makes a good addition to the list.]]></description>
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<p>Interesting, thank you for sharing! The movie wasn&#8217;t released when we published this article, but it sounds like Larry makes a good addition to the list.</p>
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		By: mike rivera		</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2020 13:59:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://blog.paperblanks.com/2013/08/top-5-misunderstood-monsters-in-literature/#comment-7882783&quot;&gt;Robyn @ Paperblanks&lt;/a&gt;.

Larry is from a movie come play and his purpose is to find a friend. he is from a story called misunderstood monsters but for some reason we can&#039;t find the real story on the internet. He is summoned by loneliness and the technology and electricity is his window and the story is his door... finish the story and he will be able to come to our world and take a friend to live with him for the rest of there life.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://blog.paperblanks.com/2013/08/top-5-misunderstood-monsters-in-literature/#comment-7882783">Robyn @ Paperblanks</a>.</p>
<p>Larry is from a movie come play and his purpose is to find a friend. he is from a story called misunderstood monsters but for some reason we can&#8217;t find the real story on the internet. He is summoned by loneliness and the technology and electricity is his window and the story is his door&#8230; finish the story and he will be able to come to our world and take a friend to live with him for the rest of there life.</p>
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		By: Robyn @ Paperblanks		</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2020 21:41:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://blog.paperblanks.com/2013/08/top-5-misunderstood-monsters-in-literature/#comment-7881643&quot;&gt;WateCeba&lt;/a&gt;.

We aren&#039;t familiar with Larry... what story is he from?]]></description>
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<p>We aren&#8217;t familiar with Larry&#8230; what story is he from?</p>
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		By: WateCeba		</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2020 18:39:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[What about Larry???]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What about Larry???</p>
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		By: Paperblanks		</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2016 22:39:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://blog.paperblanks.com/2013/08/top-5-misunderstood-monsters-in-literature/#comment-6055611&quot;&gt;Ben Huynh&lt;/a&gt;.

That&#039;s a really good point, Ben. The &quot;monsters&quot; in our stories aren&#039;t always actual monstrous creatures. Javert definitely qualifies as someone who is often viewed as the absolute bad guy but when when we look closer at his motivations it&#039;s easy to see how ended up playing the role he did.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://blog.paperblanks.com/2013/08/top-5-misunderstood-monsters-in-literature/#comment-6055611">Ben Huynh</a>.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s a really good point, Ben. The &#8220;monsters&#8221; in our stories aren&#8217;t always actual monstrous creatures. Javert definitely qualifies as someone who is often viewed as the absolute bad guy but when when we look closer at his motivations it&#8217;s easy to see how ended up playing the role he did.</p>
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		By: Ben Huynh		</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2016 20:35:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I think the most misunderstood villain that isn&#039;t included is Javert from Les Miserables. He is just trying to do his job (i. e. Bring order from Chaos and enforcement of the law). He is so consumed by his desire to do his job that he ignores all human feeling and emotion.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think the most misunderstood villain that isn&#8217;t included is Javert from Les Miserables. He is just trying to do his job (i. e. Bring order from Chaos and enforcement of the law). He is so consumed by his desire to do his job that he ignores all human feeling and emotion.</p>
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		By: Paperblanks		</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2013 16:12:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://blog.paperblanks.com/2013/08/top-5-misunderstood-monsters-in-literature/#comment-68969&quot;&gt;Robert Swanger&lt;/a&gt;.

That&#039;s a really interesting perspective, Robert! With the devastating wildfires currently sweeping through Yosemite, as well as all the terrible fires and floods in the news lately, I can definitely see how having this natural element used as an act of aggression would be especially frightening.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://blog.paperblanks.com/2013/08/top-5-misunderstood-monsters-in-literature/#comment-68969">Robert Swanger</a>.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s a really interesting perspective, Robert! With the devastating wildfires currently sweeping through Yosemite, as well as all the terrible fires and floods in the news lately, I can definitely see how having this natural element used as an act of aggression would be especially frightening.</p>
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		By: Robert Swanger		</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Aug 2013 17:07:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I believe the misconception of dragons stems from the Judeo-Christian association of the Devil with snakes (reptiles). I think there is also something going on with the fire-breathing and  a deep-seeded fear that another being can harness elemental energy in a way we cannot. Heat and energy are essential to life, but it can quickly go out of control, i.e. the wildfires in the American West or the burning of 17th century London or 19th century Chicago. This is hard enough to deal with as an act of God, but as an act of hostility, it&#039;s terrifying.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I believe the misconception of dragons stems from the Judeo-Christian association of the Devil with snakes (reptiles). I think there is also something going on with the fire-breathing and  a deep-seeded fear that another being can harness elemental energy in a way we cannot. Heat and energy are essential to life, but it can quickly go out of control, i.e. the wildfires in the American West or the burning of 17th century London or 19th century Chicago. This is hard enough to deal with as an act of God, but as an act of hostility, it&#8217;s terrifying.</p>
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