The single most defining quality of a legendary monster is corrupt humanity.

When someone wants to make a monster they will often go to nature. Man vs nature has always been exciting. Jaws, king kong, and the Lockness monster are some examples of this. However, these monsters loose their effect quickly. What do they do to enhance this effect? They give them human qualities. For example, KING KONG HAD A GIRLFRIEND. This gives the monster a human quality. The monster from Frankenstein had a similar human quality. Which brings me to this. "It is not so much that Frankenstein was a corrupted version of humanity that made the character compelling as the responsibility he represents for an experiment gone incredibly wrong [7]. His defining characteristic may be that he was a man-made monster. " The monster from Frankenstein is not necessarily Frankenstein. Yes, Frankenstein may be seen as a monster for creating the monster, but he is not The Monster. If it had been left at this I may overlook it as a small mistake, however this is not were it ended. "Werewolves along with Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde are better defined as an outward example of what readers see as the beast within." If you have not read the story or do not even know what it is about I rather you not argue like you do. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is no Werewolf story. The beast inside is not a werewolf. How can you claim what you have claimed when you do not know of what you are talking about. It is not a problem if you have not read the books, but to make claims biased off of these books gives you no leverage. It makes me wonder if you have much knowledge on any of the monsters you have given examples of. "Vampires could be better defined as a camouflaged efficient predator not a corrupted person." Vampires look like humans, talk like humans, in Dracula, Dracula almost seemed to long to be human. How can non of these be seen as human characteristics. How can it not be corrupt humanity. A vampire is a dead human who longs for blood. Such like a zombie who longs for human flesh is still corrupt humanity so is a vampire. They just hide their corrupted features. In fact this may make them the most terrifying. Corrupted Humanity is the MOST defining quality in a legendary monster. Corrupted humanity is a lie, a mask that the monsters put on to hide their inhumanity. "Lying monsters are a real nuisance: they are much more cunning than [other monsters]. They pose as humans even though they have no understanding of the human heart... they seek friendship even though they do not know how to love... [If someone] were to encounter such a monster [they] would likely be eaten by them, because in truth [they] are that monster (Death)". You say Vampires are no sort of corrupted humanity. Yet they may be the worst. You say The Monster in Frankenstein is not defined by corrupt humanity, yet you don't even know who The Monster is. You even say Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are not defined by corrupt humanity, yet you have not read that book either. Even if you had not mentioned them being werewolves, Mr. Hyde is in fact a corrupt version of a person themselves, Dr. Jekyll. Literally HE IS DR. JEKYLL. Corrupt humanity is the MOST defining quality In a legendary monster. Not the only, but the MOST. I would like to thank you for excepting this debate, and rest my case. Stoker, Bram. Dracula. Charlottesville, Va.: University of Virginia Library, 1996. Print. Shelly, Mary W.. Stevenson, Robert Louis. Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Shelly, Mary W.. Frankenstien. Milwaukee: Raintree Publishers, 1981. Print. Death Note: Relight, vol. 2. Dir. Tsugumi OM2;ba. Viz Media ;, 2009. Film.