“The Monstrous Other: Society’s Use of Monsters as Cautionary Tales and Tools of Marginalization”

Your objective in this paper is to write a well-researched paper that analyzes a monster of your choice. Discuss the ways they are depicted in history and how society used their monstrous image as a cautionary tale and/or to signify a group to further marginalize them. You must incorporate Jeffrey Jerome Cohen’s “Seven Theses” in your paper to indicate how your chosen monster is classified as a monster. You need to use at least two of Cohen’s theses. You must incorporate W. Scott Poole’s “Monsters in America” in your paper. You can use credible outside research to support your claim. 6 sources minimum. 2,000 words minimum. First- and third-person point-of-view are allowed, but you should limit the number of first-person statements. MLA format. Have a work cited page. 

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