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Frankenstein: What´s A Social Contract?

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A social contract, according to various theorist, is an idea about a voluntary agreement among individuals that results in the formation of the state or of organized society. According to Lock, his argument was that people deserved life, liberty, and property. People have to pay taxes in order to have their needs and desires meet. The government needs to protect individual's lives, ensure they are free to prosper and enforce laws that improve society.

Frankenstein is about social contract in a few ways. For example, Victor shows lack of compassion and acceptance towards the being he created, which has a negative outcome later. Although the being was not born naturally, he was still created and given life but was never shown love or care
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