The boundaries that Haraway speaks of are represented quite well, I think, in the movie Van Helsing (2004). There are characters that obscure every one of these boundaries. Werewolves blur the animal-human separation. They aren't quite animal and they definitely aren't human, even though at times they share the same appearance. Dracula is a violation of nature because he is not quite living and he is not exactly dead. This movie also includes and updated form of Frankenstein, where he really is a cyborg. Not only does he use a hydraulic leg to walk but also his heart and brain are swirling green snow-globes of energy. I suppose this is his life force, and how appropriate that in this instance he really is a cyborg. Haraway would be proud of this refurbished Frankenstein. Anyway, because all these creatures are violations of nature they are considered monsters. All the violations are killed, cured, or banished so that society does not have to deal with them. It really is quite sad since Frankenstein is such a nice guy/monster.
After thinking about what Haraway said I believe it is true that if we all become part machine then cyborgs won't be monsters because we will all be on an equal level. I have seen a few monster movies where the human characters become part monster and are no longer afraid of the real monsters because they are matched for competition. If this were to happen in real life I feel the same thing would happen, we would all be unnatural and in turn give new meaning to the word natural. Well, I just thought I would mention this movie since it seemed relevant to our topic. If you are ever really bored you might want to watch it, it's entertaining, but by no means is it movie masterpiece.
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