During the time period of the novel Frankenstein, conformity to society was an expectation a person had, if that person wanted to fit in. If that person did not conform, then they were seen as an outcast and had trouble communicating or being with society as they were different. The creature in Frankenstein, is an interesting character as he tries his best to conform to society, but at the same time questions society not accepting him as he is different. The struggle of outward conformity and inward questioning shows the reader that during Mary Shelley’s society, a person had to look like and act like society. I did not matter if the person was kind or evil; the person had to be like society. This led to kind people, such as the creature, to be outcasts even if they only wanted to be with society. …show more content…
The creature learned language through the cottagers. He states, “I cannot describe the delight I felt when I learned appropriated to each of the sounds, and was able to pronounce them.” His learning of their language shows that he is trying to conform to their society. The creature also questions society when he tries to conform to society. The creature is angered when he makes an attempt at communicating with the cottagers as they attacked him. The creature is wondering why they would attack him as he was kind and shown it through helping the cottagers and not killing Felix even though he could have. The creature's experiences with society show that it did not matter if the person is kind to society, what matters was being like society and in the creature’s case it is his appearance that gets him outcasted even though he did many kind deeds to the