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closeness among the people that they cohabitate with. This feelingof security does not manifest from the actual structure of the homebut rather from the relationships with other people. The idea ofhome becomes an internalized structure. A person is able to feel athome wherever they are in the world because home is not a physicalstructure but rather an abstract place that exists within a person.A person can create their own version of their reality without theneed of materialistic items or a physical structure. The idea of homeis beginning to shift into a psychological realm. The home of thepeople in today’s society resides within the mind.Upon examining a physical versus abstract space, one can nowexplore how medieval literature embraced the physical home,beginning with Grettir’s Saga. Grettir is outlawed to the outside ofsociety, a physical space because of his otherness. The society keepsGrettir on the outside because he cannot identify with anybody.Grettir is pushed around, forced to travel from place to place, insearch of a physical home. The text displays Grettir and his actionsas being out of control because he does not have a home, whichultimately states that he does not have an identity. Grettir is seenas an irreconcilable man because he is transient in nature; he doesnot have a permanent physical space in which to live. As homewas defined during the medieval time, if a person did not have apermanent physical residence, then they did not belong within thesociety. Grettir’s banishment from society becomes apparent whenGlam states that Grettir “will be made an outlaw, forced always tolive in the wilds and to live alone” (Byock 102). Grettir’s identitybecomes questionable because he does not have a physical place towhich he can permanently connect himself. Who is he if he doesnot have a permanent physical home? Throughout the text, Grettirsearches for a physical home in a desperate attempt at reclaimingan identity. The places that Grettir comes to temporarily inhabitbecome physical structures of home.laura lucyshyn 141
Grettir inhabits many different places within Grettir’s Saga insearch of home and identity. Without a permanent physical homeGrettir is homeless, forced to seek shelter wherever it may beavailable. Barbara Wand James and Patrick D. Lopez argue that, “noone residential situation is definitive or long term” (129). Here, theyseem to suggest that a homeless person is always on the move trying tolocate a physical place to stay. This situation can be seen throughoutGrettir’s journey. Three major places that Grettir temporarily residesat are Thorhallsstead, the farm of Sandhaugar in Bardardal, andDrangey Island. These places allow Grettir a temporary place to livebut they were never a home. These dwellings offer Grettir a falsehope at reclaiming his identity. Grettir’s stay at these places is neverpermanent, which keeps him on a constant quest of identity. Grettir’sstay at Thorhallsstead brings his identity into question. Grettir sets outfor Thorhallsstead in an attempt to destroy a ghost that is haunting thephysical space of a farmer. Grettir believes that “evil will only beget evilwhere Glam is concerned, and it is far better to grapple with humansthan with monsters like this” (Byock 98). The text is suggesting thatGrettir is cognizant of his lack of identity. Grettir believes that he maybe able to reclaim his identity through the destruction of the monster.If he destroys Glam, then Grettir believes that he will be obtainingan identity through the act of protecting the haunted farmhouse.Grettir fighting the monster is symbolic of his quest for an identitythrough a physical space. Through the destruction, of the monsterGrettir is able to open up a physical space in which he may be able tofind a home. By freeing the house of the monstrous presence, Grettirbelieves that he will be clearing a physical space in which for himselfto reside. Sadly, Thorhallsstead proves to be a false home for Grettir.The farm of Sandhaugar in Bardardal also becomes a temporaryphysical home for Grettir. Grettir travels to Bardardal because it isbelieved to be haunted. This is another attempt for Grettir to gainan identity through the destruction of another who is monstrous.142 afternoons of alterity
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Table of ContentsFrom Medieval Mars
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From Medieval Marsh Monsters toFutu
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imagination, we must first attempt
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seed of monstrosity within themselv
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essence as a monster, it seems reas
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she bore two sons, one from the imp
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perhaps, anti-heroes) of the futuri
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to watch the murder and mutilation
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and modern audiences through their
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Works Cited“Bushwhacked.” Firef
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Projecting Otherness ontothe Disabl
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in any systematic structuration. An
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The idea of the monstrous’ vulner
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not us and are in the proximity of
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they want to be treated. The interv
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Monstrosity and theIrruption of Rea
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describing his fears of this place
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stained with sin” (Spearing 221).
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often and at will to show man somet
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What’s Love Got To Do With It?The
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story than as the beginning? What f
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It is textual content like this tha
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through the story as the Green Knig
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the first advocating voices for end
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“capable of seeing things objecti
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Darkness: The True Monster ofLitera
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the way they can make us feel, but
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not only closes out, extinguishes,
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and temptation, most especially for
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hours “led to the term ‘night
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specifically his relationship to da
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humanization of Grendel draws the r
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subconscious the message may be. Th
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Serial MonstrosityEmily Mastrobatti
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is clear that they are monsters and
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murderer that he once was. He has b
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of the killing, “When investigato
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ook “contains recipes from the bo
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asks Charles Manson to marry her, t
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Monstrous Mothers andObjectified Da
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and her sisters plot to kill their
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easons for “otherness.” On top
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The original ideas are still intact
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objectified creature. “Cultures o
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Page 106 and 107: Works CitedBeowulf. Trans. RM Liuzz
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Page 134 and 135: They Walk Among UsOccupational Viol
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Page 140 and 141: otherness and disdain for humanity.
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Page 144 and 145: Home and Spatial IdentityPhysical t
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