Beowulf, Bewulf 2000, and the 13th Warrior

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…takes the monstrous form with wings and a freakish body. Only at that point does she becomes a powerful monster; she was never a monster in her own right because she was so similar. When the level of difference is called into question, it becomes obvious that the characterization of the monster is contingent on the level of difference. Thus, society defines difference as monstrous, a frightening normative assumption that society has been lulled into.