Monsters of the deep

Why are we so fascinated by deep sea monsters? Rowan Clarke asks writer and academic Prema Arasu

Across time and place, humans have told tales of monsters. From the creatures of our imaginations to exaggerated real animals, they have appeared in art, literature and popular culture representing, in Prema Arasu’s words, “our greatest fears, of the unknown, fear of the dark, fear of the natural world, even fear of the self.”