“The Evolution of the Monster: A Cultural Analysis of its Reflection, Critique, and Commentary on Personal and Social Anxieties in Visual Media”

Topic As no small number of the critics we have encountered this semester suggest, the monster—in
whatever shape, size, or other guise it appears—is a valuable cultural interpretive tool that can tell us as
much about ourselves as it can the society that we live in. The monster may even tell us about the values
that the society we live in wishes to inculcate in us, and the monster can even alert us to the dangers or
problems inherent in these supposedly neutral or positive values. In a well-developed essay exploring any
combination of visual cultural forms (film, television, music videos, advertisements, etc.) trace the
genealogy of a specific monster over time and discuss the various ways in which it has reflected,
critiqued, or commented upon personal and/or social anxieties connected to a specific time and place.
General/Formatting Requirements:
Typed, 12 pt. Times New Roman Font, 1-inch Margins 
Proper MLA in-text Citation and Works Cited Page 
6-8 Well-Used and Credible Sources 
7-8 Pages 
Source Requirements:
2 Articles from Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Journals 
1 Newspaper Article/Empirical Study 
1 Selection from a Bound, Book-Length Scholarly Text