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    King of the Monsters: Godzilla Is the Ultimate
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    1. lbstoll 08 Sep 2024
      The truth is, I’ve never quite been able to resolve these two versions of Godzilla:one a destroyer of worlds and a reminder of the horrible truth of nuclear war; theother a gentle, stern, and sometimes silly father figure. In almost all of the Godzillamovies after the 1954 original, the nuclear-war symbolism is barely an echo.

      I've never seen the original Godzilla movies and honestly had no idea that the character had such a deep meaning to be the truth of nuclear warfare. But this causes a lot more debate on the topic of contradiction in the character. How could movies portray Godzilla in these two different lights? How has his character evolved from this political meaning into what he is today?

    2. lbstoll 08 Sep 2024
      the Godzilla I knew wasan unpredictable force of destruction. But he could also sometimes be a friend tohumanity—a savior in moments of crisis, a mythological titan that danced when hewon a battle.Godzilla movies have typically tried to highlight both of these qualities—often inthe same film—with varying degrees of emphasis

      The character of Godzilla is typically seen with a multitude of traits, mostly contradicting. His character is especially interesting because of his "terrorizing destructive nature" making him something fearful. But most films portray him as a likable character who the audience roots for. This goes back to the class's discussion of the term "monster" and what it means to be a monster. At first glance Godzilla is a monster, causing destruction. It is interesting to see that movies try to highlight these qualities as well as the savior complex.

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    Howl
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    1. lbstoll 01 Sep 2024
      What do we learn makes for authentic werewolfishness? The origins of the En-glish prefix were remain “mystifying and controversial,” Ogden tells us. The wordwerewulf itself first appears around 1000 CE in the Homilies of Bishop Wulfs-tan, when he is reminding the clergy to protect the faithful from “the wodfraecawerewulf, the ‘raging Devil,’ ” and again, soon after, in an ordinance by King Cnut(Canute); Ogden cites Gervase of Tilbury deriving it from vir, Latin for “man,” butOgden prefers a connection to Anglo-Saxon w(e)arg, meaning “strangler” or “out-sider.”

      The discussion on the term werewolf adds to the idea of what "werewolfishness" is. It points out that the prefix "were" in "werewolf" is not understood. It also shows that this term has been around since 1000CE where it was described as a fearsome creature or "raging devil." Ogden has theories about the "were" and where it comes from.

    2. lbstoll 01 Sep 2024
      Yet this sense of exile from the wild, embodied by wolves, is itself very ancient.

      The human feeling of distance from the natural world is shown by the wolves. Werewolves are a symbol of untamed wildness. The human disconnect from the natural world has grown over the many years. Tales such as Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber tie into the theme of human detachment from the natural world by presenting wolves not just as symbols of untamed wildness but as figures with human complex relationships. The traditional fear associated with werewolves are replaced with a more human portrayal.

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  4. Aug 2024
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    Syracuse University - Wikipedia
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    1. lbstoll 29 Aug 2024
      Coeducation at Syracuse traced its roots to the early days of Genesee College where educators and students like Frances Willard and Belva Lockwood were heavily influenced by the Women's movement in nearby Seneca Falls, NY. However, the progressive "co-ed" policies practiced at Genesee

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