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The Misunderstood Life of Frankenstein’s Creation A lot of people in society judge people by how they look, and most times this isn’t a correct depiction of their character. Such as Frankenstein’s creation where he is wrongfully judged and treated just because he does not meet the idealized standards of a human being. Many people in society seek for someone to love and to be loved by so they can feel cared for, having someone to call a spouse, friend or family member makes them happy. Frankenstein’s Creation was not able to share this luxurious part of life due to looking like a monster, which gives people the initial reaction that he acts like a monster as well. Although in society we can see that just because someone might look bad or cause …show more content…

The Monster has learned a lot about the world in credit to the DeLacey’s, so he knows what the idea of a normal life is supposed to be like and that’s all he wants a normal life however nobody else sees it that way. So the judgements made by him are made by a group of people who can’t truly understand what the monster has done to stay on the right path (Espinoza 1-2).The Monster throughout the whole book wanted someone to hangout with no matter their age or gender he isn’t biased like the rest of the society as someone can see when he approached the girl after she was saved by him from drowning and the boy in the woods. Wrongful judgment of the Monster and constant neglect shifted him to anger, but he had no other choice (Britton 5). Although the Monster might have shown anger in some instances, he showed a wide variety of caring and human qualities. Throughout the Monsters journey of neglectful hate and searching for his place, he showed plentiful moments of human-like qualities. The Monster did some things that are considered hateful, but he shows remorse and guilt by calling himself an abortion and how miserable he is (Shelley

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Brantly Howerton Mrs. Schroder English 4 12/8/2017 Dichotomies in Frankenstein Dichotomies are two thing that oppose and clash with each other because they are not related and it is shown a lot in Frankenstein. Frankenstein shows these things very well because in the book there is always two opposites or some type of fight. Some of the dichotomies in the book are Victor/ The creature, Natural/ Unnatural, Civilized/ savage, Masculine/ Feminine, and Light/ Dark.

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Today if someone saw it from the outside they would say the monster is the creature, not Frankenstein because of its appearance. People familiarize themselves with stereotypes that all monsters are scary and the want to harm others but it's really the inside of them their motives and desires. “Of my creation and creator I was absolutely ignorant, but I knew that I possessed no money, no friends, no kind of property. I was, besides, endued with a figure hideously deformed and loathsome; I was not even of the same nature as man. I was more agile than they and could subsist upon coarser diet; I bore the extremes of heat and cold with less injury to my frame; my stature far exceeded

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This, would lead Frankenstein to kill people who were close to his creator. Frankenstein didn 't know any other way to express his emotions. He seemed to only do bad things, but he helped a girl from drowning and helped out a group of poor peasants. His appearance was the biggest factor. He couldn 't change it, and couldn 't help that every time someone saw him they thought he was a monster.

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This proves that the monster did care deeply about others. His personality could be portrayed if he was just given a chance, rather than rejected based on his physical

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“At first I started back, unable to believe that it was indeed I who was reflected in the mirror; and when I became fully convinced that I was in reality the monster that I am, I was filled with the bitterest sensations of despondence and mortification”(Shelley 80). The Creation of Frankenstein woke up in a world of hate. Since he looked different, the Monster never fit in with normal people. He would become isolated and feared because of his looks. Because the Monster was a hideous creation from Frankenstein, he was isolated and hated by his looks and behaved in an ethical manner when he began his path of vengeance.

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The Consequences of Physical Appearance in Frankenstein The novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is a science fiction story about a creature created from non-living matter, by a young scientist, Victor Frankenstein. The conflict between society and Frankenstein’s creature is largely perpetuated by a split between those considered attractive, and those who are not. The conflict and language use in Frankenstein demonstrate that most of society judges others based on their physical appearance, which leads to excluding those who fall outside the accepted definition of beauty and sometimes life-threatening consequences for both groups.

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The Power of Looks in Frankenstein Everyday people judge one another. Whether it is subconsciously or consciously, mankind will judge. People will judge others from skin color, to hair texture, to clothes. The way people perceive others has an effect on how they treat each other. In the book “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelly, the creature lives his life as an eight foot target for everyone to attack.

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When one is born, they have no experiences, no lessons learned, and no opinions or prejudice. Their slate is clean. In the novel Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, a monster is brought into the world to experience nothing but hate and fear. The monster is rejected by society and cast into the world alone. Victor Frankenstein was the creator of the creature and he did little to assist the monsters acclimation to society.

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In the film Mary Shelley 's Frankenstein the theme of mistreatment based off physical appearance is portrayed through Frankenstein 's monster. The society is often fearful of the creature and made judgements of his actions based solely off his disturbing physical appearance, without knowing his true characteristics. Even Victor, the man who created the fearful monster eventually abandons him because he is is appalled by his creation. He believed that by creating a being made of the finest parts, the end result would be of equal quality, but when the monster awakens, Victor can see what he has created and recognises that he has done wrong. The creation of an unnatural being, by unnatural means ultimately disgusts Victor.

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Lacking the foresight and responsibility of giving life to inanimate objects, his end result was a disaster. Firstly, he made it freakishly grotesque, because who could ever anticipate such a thing would come from the sewn together remains of the recently deceased? Left to stride through the countryside with a face only a blind man could love, it is no wonder that the monstrosity that was Frankenstein 's monster turned against the society he was so unwittingly thrown into. Though one may pity the thing for being shunned by everyone who sees him, it is difficult to believe anyone would react differently if faced with the same circumstance. The monster never asked for his face, or his life, and Frankenstein completely lacked the rationality or talent to create a face or a life that could reasonably thrive in

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Beauty and ugliness is often used to justify the reaction of others in the novel, Frankenstein; in which the relation between external appearance and internal desires are shown to be related. The theme of how appearance affects judgement is often demonstrated through the characters response to the monster’s physical being. Shelley depicts this situation through Dr. Victor Frankenstein, the Delacey family, and through the monster himself. The use of appearance to determine judgement is shown to be a negative habit. By automatically associating ugliness with evil, and beauty with innocence, society unintentionally develops a negative being in those considered ugly, while at the same creating an illusion of innocence over beautiful individuals.

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The monster’s soul, designed to be human-like, corrupts as his acts of kindness are treated with hate and malice. In Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein, the monster causes suffering and harm to others due to the injustice and harm inflicted upon the monster’s well intentioned actions. Since the monster’s creation, he isn’t guided through what is right or wrong, and his appearances prevent him from establishing rapport with other humans. When the monster tells Victor about his first feelings upon being created, he states “I saw, felt, heard, and smelt at the same time; and it was, indeed, a long time before I learned to distinguish between the operations of my various senses” (Shelley 70). The monster is similar to a child since

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Perhaps, if a human such as Frankenstein had accepted the creature, onlookers would have had an easier time welcoming someone with his appearance into their presence. Society’s false perception of what makes someone “normal” is what altered their first impression of The Creature. People had a hard time distinguishing the difference between mind and body, which resulted in The Creature’s undesired abandonment and a gut filled with hatred towards his creator. In contrast, Victor Frankenstein refers to his family in a positive way several times throughout the novel.

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Frankenstein seems to show a prejudice towards his own creation; though he purposefully made the monster large to make it easier to add smaller things—such as nails and eyelashes—he chooses to look at his newly-awakened creation with repugnance. “For this I had deprived myself of rest and health. I had desired it with an ardour that far exceeded moderation; but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart.” (Shelley 35) This disgust motivates him to run away, thus abandoning his monster.

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The novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is a science fiction story about a creature created from non-living matter, by a young scientist, Victor Frankenstein. The conflict between society and Frankenstein’s creature is largely perpetuated by a split between those considered attractive, and those who are not. The conflict and language use in Frankenstein demonstrate that most of society judges others based on their physical appearance, which leads to excluding those who fall outside the accepted definition of beauty and sometimes life-threatening consequences for both groups. Frankenstein and his parents demonstrate that they also fall victim to the habit of judging others initially based off of their appearance. The Frankenstein parents first

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