Project: Research Paper Compendium
Choose what you consider to be a monster or monstrosity -
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literal
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figurative (ideology, practice)
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historical
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cryptozoology
Examples:
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mythology
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invention
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Vlad Tepes
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Joseph Stalin
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Pablo Escobar
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Nazis
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Biological Weapons
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Assault Rifles
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Adolf Hitler
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the Ku Klux Klan
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Dylan Roof
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Griselda Blanco
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Aileen Wuornos
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Fred & Rosemary West
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Mark Twitchell
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Jeffrey Dahmer
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Long Island Serial Killer
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Jack the Ripper
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Jim Jones/Jonestown
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Bigfoot
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Loch Ness Monster
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the Hydra
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Slender Man
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Michael Myers
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Ed Gein
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Freddy Krueger
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Slavery
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Human Trafficking
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the Drug Trade
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Drug Addiction
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Rwandan Genocide
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Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge
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Aurora shooting
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Sandy Hook
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Lizzie Borden
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Saddam Hussein
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Heaven's Gate Cult
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Baba Yaga
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the Holocaust
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Balkan Genocide
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the list goes on...
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Write an 8 to 9 page research paper in which you are the expert on this monster/monstrosity.
Both your paper and your expert presentation will reflect the biography/origin; timeline of actions/atrocities; cultural/societal impact; how this subject is depicted/sensationalized through various writings/the media (stories, biographies, scholarly articles, comics, graphic novels, poems, movies, interviews, folklore/fairy tails, television shows, et cetera); and why this monster/monstrosity has meaning to you. The paper must also include 7-8 annotated bibliography entries (I have attatched a document to show what it is).