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Human Monsters Final: DragonsMain MenuFamous Dragons and Human MonstrosityThe Role of DragonsDragons provide a multitude of characters and are used as monsters and villains in entirely different waysSmaugMushuDrogonDragon (Shrek)Samuel Sheppard829839f712885be30b402c7df0c7f2f6632974ff
Smaug attacks
1media/17108801495_d479f244b1_b.jpg2020-05-14T19:18:32-07:00Samuel Sheppard829839f712885be30b402c7df0c7f2f6632974ff371852plain2020-05-14T19:38:29-07:00Samuel Sheppard829839f712885be30b402c7df0c7f2f6632974ff Smaug proceeds to attack Laketown out of frustration for not being able to kill a single dwarf when it was right in front of him. The death and destruction Smaug causes provides a war-like backdrop to observe the monstrosities committed by people in threatening situations. Most of all we get to see the Master of Laketown's own greed and the poetic justice he is served as a result. He tries to escape with as much gold as he can as well as a few guards. The boat is too slow on account of all the gold and he is mutinied. If his own greed causing his mutiny isn't poetic enough, he is killed by the falling corpse of Smaug after the dragon was shot down by a man the Master had arrested on fabricated charges to consolidate authority.