Grayling, she became fascinated with the idea of decaying flesh being part of the natural cycle of things, and what if we were to accept this. ... As Dekkers portrays as he describes the cheesy smell of a rotting mouse- it's a huge part of his point is what we see as decay, rottenness, collapse and demise, is a condition for the renewal of life and also its fulfillment," (Grayling, 2003). ... Kristeva states: "Refuse and corpses show me what I permanently thrust aside in order to live... ... Her photographs of dolls and medical mannequins in monstrous scenarios is what most app...

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In her novel Frankenstein, Mary Shelley simultaneously spins both a gripping horror story and an intense line of philosophical questioning - specifically, what it means to be human. After the titular character imbues his gargantuan experiment with life, he is overcome with the repulsiveness of his creature and flees, rejecting it as a demon. ... " (Shelley 73) In saying the stranger's flight surprised him, the creature demonstrates he had not yet realized what he was, nor what that made him in relation to other people. ... " (Shelley 104) When confronted with opposition in seeki...

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