Quote: “I was not only incapable of resistance, I was incapable of distinctly formulating the desire to offer resistance. Some compelling influence moved me hither and thither, with completest disregard of whether I would or would not. “(page 69)
Comment: For class, we always talk about what the monster is. I say what, because it isn’t always a physical person that can be monstrous. You could say that in Jane Eyre the monster was her love for Rochester or you could look at Frankenstein only being a monster due to his monstrous looks and hatred towards Victor. For me, the monster in The Beetle threw Holt’s perspective is his fear. Holt’s fear not only left him frozen on MANY occasions and for most of it, even unable to speak showed how much fear consumed him. Holt broke into Lessingham’s house because, as the quote said, something was driving him to do so. I believe that thing was his fear. When he was trying to get into the locked drawer, he fired a gun which he knew would surely be heard and he would be found but he was still driven so intensely to get what he came for. I think his fear of the creature and man overpowered his fear of being caught.
Question: How strong can our emotions be and can they be the reason that our actions are sometimes monstrous? Does that mean the action is monstrous or we are?
