One of the most time-honored traditions in the movie industry is the use of monsters in horror movies.

Monsters can stretch our imaginations, provide thrills in the safe environment of a theater or home, and give us insight into our nature as human beings.

Many of the better monster horror movies even have a legitimate moral or universal theme.

For example, human cruelty can make monsters of men.

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simple, conversational language to capture the readers' interest.

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It shows the different roles that monsters play in horror movies.

It shows the slightly different definitions of what a monster is.

It shows how large and diverse monsters are within the horror genre.

It shows how difficult it is to define what a monster is.

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contract humans with the types of monsters he has described.

emphasize the lack of intelligence in the humans he is describing.

Monsters serve several purposes.

The Latin root of the word horror is "horrere".

The monster in the movie Alien is very effective.

Effective movie monsters evoke an audience response.

to highlight the similarities between different horror movie protagonists

to explore the types of monsters that confront horror movie protagonists.

to give examples of the different types of horror movie protagonists.

to show how horror movie protagonists change into monstrous characters.

"Well-crafted monster movies can be fun and exciting."

"We enjoy being frightened, and we love to see good triumph over evil."

"But the best of these movies offer something more than just thrills and epic battles."

"They offer insights into the strengths and weaknesses of humankind."

He contrasts them to show the large variety of different kinds of horror movie monsters.

He compares them to highlight the similarities between monsters throughout the horror movie genre.

He uses them to support the idea that horror movies can explore and challenge traditional definitions of monster

He includes them throughout the text to show how much he knows about the horror movie genre.

The best monsters provide insights into the human protagonists.

The most effective monsters are frightening-looking space aliens.

Most movie monsters are the result of scientific experiments gone wrong.

Some effective monsters are just normal people how have made a bad decision.

While that definition is sometimes useful in analyzing movies, it also muddies the waters by introducing questions like, Are all bad people monsters?

To be effective, then, a monster should be frightening to look at, like the creature in Alien.

This type of threat is common in vampire, werewolf, and some alien movies.

The audience may lose sympathy for the human protagonists and gain sympathy for the monster.

First he defines the term monster and then he continues to use the same definition throughout the text.

First he introduces the term, but later he illustrates that monster actually means something else.

First he acknowledges the difficulty of defining monster and later he illustrates why that is the case.

First he establishes a basic meaning for monster and later he describes how different movies explore or expand that meaning.