... , technology is shaping the way stories are told in the digital era. To be simplified, CGI is images that are created by computing process from a dangerous explosion to a realistic fiction monster. In the early days, CGI was mostly limited to science fiction (sci-fi) and action genres. It was specially used in the case requiring greatly remarkable digital special effects such ... ...

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... people with conventional lives. In Grendel, by John Gardner, Grendel's understanding of humanity's cruelty broadens the definition of heroism in modern and historical culture. Although Grendel plays the role of a monster in the story, he is more essential to the kingdom than any hero because he provides them with the reality that death is inescapable. Traditional heroism involves admirable traits, yet ... ...

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... of a particular society,"" that being Anglo-Saxon's mythical culture. In this society, to become known as brave hero was highly valued; this led Beowulf to Hrothgar's kingdom to defeat Grendel, a monster known throughout the country for his killing sprees in Hrothgar's palace, Herot. Because of Beowulf's success in the battle against Grendel, he was glorified by those he saved; he was ... ...

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... see in Book I of The Faerie Queene where every action revolves around one hero, Redcrosse and his intent of saving a kingdom and fighting for the king and queen against a dangerous monster threatening the people of a town. Milton criticizes the knightly romances of the Middle Ages on the basis that they make the act of heroism superficial. Spenser's poem shows knightly romance ... ...

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... to the future generations showing them the hero as "the champion not of things to become but of things becoming; the dragon to be slain by him is precisely the monster of the status quo: Holdfast, the keeper of the past" (Campbell 1973:337). The hero is to be the agent of change in one's individual quest for intellectual and spiritual ... ...

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