They reveal, portend, show and make evident, often uncomfortably so.
'Monster' probably derives from the Latin, monstrare, meaning 'to demonstrate', and monere, 'to warn'. The etymology of monstrosity suggests the complex roles that monsters play within society. How monsters have been created over the centuries is much more indicative of the moral and existential challenges faced by societies than the realities that they have encountered.
What do we mean when we talk about 'monsters’? The word conjures up figures from gothic horror, such as Frankenstein or Dracula, classical images of exotic peoples with no heads or grotesquely exaggerated features, and the kinds of impossible chimerical beasts inhabiting the pages of medieval bestaries.
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