The monster that I used for last Friday's assignment was the monster from the ring or anything of the sort.  In Cohen's passage, he states that monsters embodies fear, desire, anxiety, and fantasy.  I think this rings true when referring to Samara from the ring.  For example, her body is disfigured, but not to the point where is unrecognizable, but to the point that it is just different enough from a standard human body that it strikes fear in the viewer.  Along with this fear comes an inescapable anxiety.  I think this is inescapable because the monster that Samara is causes a slight confusion in the reactionary process of humans.  She is just an adolescent girl, but a disfigured one.  This may seem mundane to most but really, when faced with a situation with this being it would be very difficult to think of an appropriate reaction to take.  Finding a way to dispatch her seems a little harsh, but when weighing the validity of any other options it just seems to strike terror yet again in the minds of humans.  He also makes a good point by saying that monsters are only created by the downfalls of humankind. This is relevant for The Ring since the story is centered around a mother who had gone too far in the tolerance of her daughter and ended up causing the entire story.  The story in itself is created by those who are involved.  This is related to Cohen because he states that monsters in themselves are completely created by the wrongdoings of people who are in reality.  I think that this holds true and that monsters are created to personify a real life behavior or person that is considered in the wrong or evil.