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Analysing the Werewolf

Culture, Past to Present

By Nicholas Baker

Unit 7: Time Machine

CGGA Year 1

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Introduction

This assignment will analyze culturally the effect and change that the mythological beast the

lycanthrope (Wolf-man, Werewolf) has had to our culture through the ages from past to

present. George Waggners Wolf-Man(1941) will be the glue to hold this assignment together

and will be used to define the build of how we have perceived through folklore, werewolves and

how it has changed through history and the last few decades. Other sources used are Steven

Schneiders The Representation of Monstrosity in Cinematic Horror(1999) which will help aid

the change of werewolfs through film and cinema, Robert Burns Neveldines Bodies at Risk(1998) which will help evidence define romanticism with a theoretical approach to the disruptive

effects of the human body, Pembry Joints Evolution of the Movie Werewolves (2009) will

examine how far werewolves have changed within our culture through popularity in movies and

folklore and finally Barb Kargs The Girls Guide to Werewolves(2009)which will help explain the

start of werewolves in Greek mythology to compare the history with contemporary and

postmodern.


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Key Ideas Psychoanalyse on the topic of Power

We can ask the question why is it that love & knowledge refer to those powers that are expandable as opposed to fear ormoney. Which of course is a good question to ask? Well, in that sense it is only because in our minds love standsmore of a chance of sustaining power than fear and money can ever bear. (Cool, 2010).

The Idea of Romanticism on Myths

Mythswere given great prominence in the Romantic conception of art. In the Romantic view, symbols were the human

aesthetic correlatives of nature's emblematic language. They were valued too because they could simultaneously suggestmany things, and were thus thought superior to the one-to-one communications of allegory. Partly, it may have been the

desire to express the "inexpressible"--the infinite--through the available resources of language that led to symbol at onelevel and myth (as symbolic narrative) at another. (Melani, 2009).

The Postmodern Werewolf

If the werewolf myth enjoyed something of a renaissance at the close of the nineteenth century in the pages of popular

Gothic fiction, it came into its own in the next century in cinema. The modern world may no longer believe in werewolves,but these fabulous creatures continue to excite the human imagination, finding expression in popular culture throughfantasy fiction, song and film. (Creed, 2005).

Cultures views on Werewolves films

And both werewolves representation in Harry Potter and Twilight novels try to show different perspectives about thewerewolves in different ways. JK Rowling try to describes or we can say showing another side of werewolves byrepresenting them as a teacher and Stephanie Meyer shows us another perspective of werewolves condition bybringing the history of Native Indian as her werewolf representation. Both authors succeed to show differentperspectives about the werewolves, and change the societies mind-set about werewolf. I think they succeed indifferent approaches to society depending on the cultural values which they were closed to. (Fitri, 2011).


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Cultural Context

A Werewolf/Lycan is a mythological creature off a human shape shifting into the form of a

wolf hybrid on the nights of a full moon. Folklore has passed down myths of men being bitten

by werewolves and then the humans becoming werewolves on the next full moon, scars of

the bite are left there to indicate the mark of the beast, this can help pick out the

human/beast.

The psychiatric term for a human believing that they are a Werewolf is called Lycanthorpy.

King Lycaon, the first werewolf to known off in Greek myths. God Zeus came to earth in the

form of a mortal, King Lycaon saw through is disguise and tried to feed Zeus human flesh, this

trick did not fool Zeus, outraged he cast a spell on Lycaon turning him into a wolf. (Karg,

2009:8).


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Historical Examples of Lycanthrope

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King Lycaon (Arcadia) - Known in

myths as the first werewolf. Lycaon

betrayed Zeus and punished him by

turning him into a wolf. His name is

also the meaning of wolfs as well

Lycans

The Wolf Man A film directed by

George Waggner in 1941. A

different form of werewolf, more

man then beast. It is a film about a

man returning to his homeland

when he is attack by a creature of

folklore and is now cursed.

The Big Bad Wolf (The Three Little

Pigs) A well known children's

story passed on through the ages

beginning around 18-19th century

about a wolf that can speak and is

trying to get the three little pigs by

blowing there houses down one by

one.


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Contemporary Examples of Lycanthrope

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Van Helsing - A film directed by

Stephen Sommers about a monsterhunter who is sent on a quest into

Transylvania to stop Count Dracula

using Dr Frankensteins experiment

and a werewolf for the purpose of

his sinister plans.

Twilight: New Moon - Directed by

Chris Weitz, and novel by StephanieMeyer. New moon is a sequel to

Twilight and is about a shy girl in a

small town that falls in love with a

Vampire and a Werewolf and a

horrible conflict between the both

begin.

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans A

film directed by Patrick Tatopoulosis the third franchise in the

Underworld saga. The plot here is

the Lycans are being ruled by the

Vampires and one stands up

against the Vampires and soon a

war begins between the two

species.


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Conclusion

King Lycaon was a myth that stuck through the ages and could have been the start of soon

folklores.

The werewolves between contemporary and historical have changed a lot through a couple

of decades, visually that is within films. With CGI creating more sinister and fearful

werewolves based more on beast like instincts.

The Wolf Man worked well in that era, it doesnt seem to have much a big effect now with

CGI creating werewolves instead of men covered in fur.

The idea of folklore about werewolves has not changed much as well. People think a man

turning on a full moon or when bit by a werewolf is the definition of a werewolf. Folklore is

still overpowering peoples perception of a basic werewolves/wolf man compared to other

metamorphosis of werewolves like Twilight when they change when they want or if angered.

Still under the category of Gothic fiction except Twilight.

Both J K Rowling and Stephanie Meyer have impacted the world with small but effected

changes to the way to perceive a werewolf in there stories.


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