by: Emily Reeves Editors: Aravind Kalathil & The Penelopiad is a fresh look at a very well known story. For many, many years we have only had Penelope’s story from the perspective of men. With this new take by Margret Atwood, we are given a whole new perspective and understanding of Penelope’s character, along with …
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“The Mist” Corruption of the NCAA
By: Colton Thomas “The lights on Washington Street flicker as the employees of NCAA slowly pull out of the headquarters for the National Collegiate Athletic Association. They act like zombies, as if something drains the life from their bodies as they work. The four story building in Indianapolis, Indiana is completely empty except for the …
A Siren’s Song: An Un-Essay
By: Alex Kelsch I decided to write a story for my un-essay project focusing on one of my favorite “monsters”: the sirens. My story is meant to show the point of view of one of the sirens in modern day, and make one think about if these creatures are truly monstrous at all. Or were …
The Modern Monstrosity in Climate Change
By: Paige Williams and Daylen Flynn 30 years—that is how long mankind is projected to have left on this planet. In 30 years, many of us will only be in our middle ages and have a lot of life ahead of us. However, society’s actions have left us, and all other life on Earth, with numbered days on …
Monstrosity in Ancient Text vs Current Day
By: Jacklyn Vanderbilt For my unessay project I compared how monsters and monstrosity is portrayed in ancient text and current day. I compared what characterizes a monster. In ancient text, monsters are defined by Cohen’s 7 Theses. Monsters are a direct product of the culture they were created. Once a monster is created they can …
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The Difference in the Interpretation of Monstrosity From Different Cultures
By: Aravind Kalathil Introduction: During the course of the class, only stories from Ancient Greek and Roman mythology were told. I really wanted to see monsters from different cultures and mythologies. I was really interested in was the difference between how a western audience interprets the monstrosity of Western monsters versus monsters from different cultures, …
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Unessay Project: Cannibal Food Pyramid
Written by Ben Wiche The Cannibal Food Pyramid is a categorization and an analysis of the different forms and types of cannibalism. By studying fictional and non fictional cannibals across eras and cultures, I came to two main conclusions. There is a wide variety of types of cannibalism in both art and life, and Cannibalism …
My Unessay Project: Babas Home
By: Emily Reeves Baba’s Home is a lighthearted comic about the subjectivity of monstrosity. At the end of this comic the audience is given a look inside Baba Yaga’s home, where the supposed witch is actually running an orphanage for misunderstood or unloved kids sent out into the woods. In one of the more popular …
My Unessay Project
A stop motion animation of Polyphemus’ life By: Nico Bilinski For my project, I created a stop motion animation of Polyphemus. In it, I feature his encounters with Galatea, Acis, and Odysseus. The main goal of this animation is to make Polyphemus seem less like a monster, to change our perspective when analyzing him. I …
How Theseus May Have Not Killed the Minotaur
By: Isabelle Borchardt For my Unessay Project I created a comic book that took a lot more time than I thought it would. The basic story is that after Theseus enters the labyrinth it is immediately that the minotaur is stronger and he injures Theseus causing Theseus to think of his dad and Ariadne, the …
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Monsters, Humans, and Monstrous Humans, A Class Blog Mizzou General Honors 2230 