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Research Paper | English Language and Literature | India | Volume 11 Issue 7, July 2022

The Identity of a Monster in the Movie The Greatest Showman

Niny V P | Dr. Balakrishnan Kalamullathil

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to analyze social perception on a monster character, using Jeffery Jerome Cohen?s Monster Theory. Even though there have been studies done on the monster several times, it is the first time monster has been differentiated into categories to make them easier to understand. Here an attempt is made to examine the movie The Greatest Showman (Dir. Michael Gracey, 2017, US) in the light of Cohen?s seven theses of Monster Theory. The study focuses on questions of identity, the abnormal features of the monster, the carnivalesque aspect involved in its presence as a kind of displacement from the natural and, the cultural significations of such entities.

Keywords: Monster, social perception, identity, Cohen?s theory, abnormal, carnival, culture, displacement

Edition: Volume 11 Issue 7, July 2022,

Pages: 657 - 661