Greek Monsters

                Monsters have been an important part of culture since the beginning of time. Monsters were seen in religion, stories, etc. One culture in specific that monsters played a huge role in was ancient Greece.  In Greek mythology, there were many gods and heroes that the people worshiped, but also, there were many monsters that tried to defeat the hero’s and the Gods. Not only are monsters used for entertainment purposes, but were an important part of the Greek people’s everyday life.  These intriguing monsters played a huge role in Greek mythology and are a huge reason that it has such a large appeal. Greek monsters are even seen in today’s world in books, movies, television, and more. Mythology was created in order to answer questions such as “who were the first men on earth?” and “who created the world?” but more importantly, mythology was used to justify aspects of the social system as well as account for certain traditions in the society in which the myths existed. Greek Mythology was an important part of everyday life in ancient Greece. They were used to explain everything from religion, weather, and aspects of the world around them. At the same time, some could argue that the Greek Gods and Monsters could not explain the ways of life.

 

In this paper, I will attempt to research the different types of the monsters that existed in Greek Mythology, their history and background, as well as how they tied in to religion, the world around the Greeks, as well as events in everyday life. At the same time, I will take a look at the counterargument that these monsters did not explain these things. Some other questions I will answer are what is a Greek monster? what makes monsters from Greek mythology so interesting? what aspects of life are explained? what aspects of life aren't explained? what effect does Greek mythology have on modern day society?

Rap

In Rose's article about crime and you black rappers, we got the main ideas that media overexcites news about crime, and often, associate young black males with said crimes. The reason, she believes, that black males are associated with these crimes is because of rap music. She claims that most rap music involves lyrics that include various crimes, such as drugs, theft, murder, etc. Rose also says that these lyrics only support stereotypes that go along with young black males. The stereotype being that black males are criminals. All these lyrics do is make even more people believe in these stereotypes. Rap music in turn, makes black males "easily identifiable villan's of news media crimes.

I would personally agree with what she says. Writing lyrics about doing illegal things, is not going to help people move on from racial stereotypes. I personally hate rap music for that reason. I don't feel like there's any need to write about things like doing drugs, degrading women, and many other similar topics. I do know that not all rap is about that, but a lot of it is. If you don't want people to judge you and make stereotypes, don't do things to make people believe those things. For example in Biggie Smalls' song "Juicy" he talks about how he rose up from racial segregation and made a name for himself. he also talks about how young black males are given a bad reputation. Yet, he raps about doing drugs, and in his other song, Big Pappa, talks about degrading women. Therefore, not helping his case whatsoever. In order to move on from stereotypes, people need to change the way people feel by perhaps writing more positive, non violent, lyrics.