To Be A Monster: Bronte’s Heathcliff and Shelley’s Monster
According to Steven T. Asma’s On Monsters, “[t]he term monster is often applied to human beings who have, by their own horrific actions, abdicated their humanity” (Asma 8). Monsters are persons, or beings that have done horrendous deeds. A monster is “that unpredictable, uncontrollable force that cannot be reasoned with or persuaded” (Asma 153). Both…
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