Monsters have been a part of the literature for as long as one could imagine. They have been in the spotlight from ancient to the modern era as a strong representation of evil. They have been used in the stories to pass values and teachings from one generation to the next in the form of oral, literary and visual tales. Noel Carroll, author of The Philosophy of Horror, gives an amazing insight on these monsters. He provides a recipe by which dangerous, threatening and impure monsters have been created over the course of centuries. Homer’s The Odyssey describes the encounter of Odysseus with Polyphemus in Book 9: In the One-Eyed Giant’s Cave, through Odysseus’s perspective. This encounter, while agreeing with certain characteristics of Carroll’s