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I was doing a little thinking about arachnophobia, and came up with a possible reason for many people to dislike spiders. The kids were watching Charlotte's Web the other day, and I noticed the changes made to this "nice" spider by the artist. It was the same changes made to Rosie in A bug's Life, and Miss Spider in James and the Giant Peach. All of these "nice" spiders are portrayed as having heads. Now, we all know that real spiders don't have seperate heads. So, I was thinking that this might be a major reason for the great fear and lothing that many people have for spiders. If you think about it, people seem to have an aversion to anything without a head. In the origional movie War of the Worlds, the "scary" aliens were shown to be bipedal with no head and three eyes in the middle of their chest. The recent terrorist executions were that much more horrible because they were done by beheading. In The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, the bad guy was a "Headless" horseman. In the movie Sleepy Hollow with Johnny Depp, the killings were considered so much worse because the heads were taken.
Most of this is just rambling, but there is a point in there, although not one that anything can be done about. I just thought it was interesting.
Jeri
Most of this is just rambling, but there is a point in there, although not one that anything can be done about. I just thought it was interesting.
Jeri