Similarities Between Frankenstein 'And 13 Reasons Why'

Frankenstein, a literary piece composed by Mary Shelley, depicts the creation of a monster, created by a society. After the creation however, Frankenstein deemed the creation unsightly and dangerous to society. This creation and banishment can also be seen from the recent television series 13 Reasons Why. The television series illustrates the life of a female high school student, Hannah, who committed suicide because of the monster that society helped her become. Though already innately dangerous to herself, the hostile high school community created a monster much more dangerous and harmful then they monster they had originally created. Knowing what her society had done to her, she recorded thirteen tapes as to why she was ending her life. Through the lenses of similar events and symbolism, 13 Reasons Why depicts the culmination, rejection, and imminent demise of a monster, or a character who strays from the social norm, in a very similar way to that of Frankenstein. These events illustrate the typical reactions

In the motion picture of 13 Reasons Why, Hannah was, at first, quite normal. She grew up in a middle-class family, was good looking, had many friends, a loving family, and she did well in school. This is very much like the creation of the monster character in Frankenstein. Though the initial creation and appearance of the monster was quite unsightly, each body part used to create the monster came from regular people who had an unfortunate demise. Even though the monster was unattractive and difficult to look at, the monster was, and could have resulted in a completely normal creature just as Hannah could have. Once the normality of the monster and Hannah had become obsolete, however, the abnormality and monstrosity started to shine through and the society around her began to dismiss her in a innate attempt to rid of social