How Does Appearance Change Throughout Frankenstein

Appearance has a major impact throughout the entirety of the book. Shaping his experience with the. For example, when the monster first encounters humans, he is met with fear and rejection due to his hideous appearance. When the monster was caught by the Delacey family talking to their old and blind father. After spying on them for months. They reacted terribly “Safie, and Agatha entered. Who can describe their horror and consternation at beholding me? Agatha fainted, and Felix darted forward, and with supernatural force tore me from his father, to whose knees I clung; in a transport of fury, he dashed me to the ground and struck me violently with a stick“ (Shelley 120). The Delacey family did not like the monster's appearance. So because of

Another time when someone was judged or scared because of their appearance was when Victor was making the monster. While making the monster, he described what it looked like to him. “His yellow skin scarcely covered the wok of muscles and arteries beneath; his hair was of a lustrous black and flowing; his hair was of a whiteness; but these luxuriances only formed a more horrid contrast with his watery eyes.” (Shelley 50).

This describes the difference in his appearance to humans. Another way Victor's appearance is a theme is how Victor's appearance changed through the entirety of the book. His appearance changes drastically due to the toll of his obsession with creating life. Victor becomes very anorexic and scary looking, reflecting the problems he experiences as a result of his actions.This transformation serves as a problem on him and his body. Another great example of appearance playing a major role in this book is when the monster says “Shall each man...find a wife for his bosom and each beast have his mate, and I be alone?... I am thy creature, and I will be even mild and docile to my natural lord and king, if thou wilt also perform thy part, the which

This shows his hopes of being accepted for his actions are crushed by their reaction to this family he's protected and watched over. Another example is when the monster saved the girl from drowning. Instead of being called a hero for saving the girl, he's shot by the girl's companion because of his frightening appearance. The monster says this when he gets shot “I had saved a human being from destruction and as a recompense I now writhed under the miserable pain of a wound” (Shelley 125). This shows the monster whether he does good or bad, people are going to look at him in fear. A good example of when the monster is faced with appearance and society is when he begs Victor to make him a mate. The monster tells Victor “I am alone and miserable”. Man will not associate with me. But one as deformed and horrible as myself would not deny herself to me” (Shelley). This shows the readers how lonely the monster is and how he looks. One strong example occurs when the monster is attacked. Who is originally innocent and seeking companionship, approaches the De Lacey family. Hoping to be accepted despite his hideous looks on the outside, he observes, but that went completely the wrong way. "The young girl