Frankenin

In the novel Frankenstein, Mary Shelly uses the creature and the fact that he is ousted and looked down on by society to reveal the effects that society can have on people. She shows how the assumptions of characters in society can be inaccurate and ultimately shape a person into what they thought. The creature reacted to the way people treated him and looked at him. Human interference no matter their intention can affect life as we know it.

Throughout the novel after the creature’s creation, he was looked at as evil and mean. He was treated bad based on his appearance which he had no control over. The evil of others brought out a part of the creature that he didn’t want brought out. It was assumed that he was evil and hurtful when in actuality all he wanted was a friend and people to care for him. The way others treated him was unjust and showed their true character. The only thing that the creature wanted was to be accepted by people around him. He tried to take on human characteristics and be sensible but he was still looked down upon.” I, the miserable and the abandoned, am an abortion, to be spurned at, and kicked, and trampled on,” the creature spoke this over Victor’s dead body. The creature began to act like the monster that others thought that he was because of the treatment that he received.

The treatment of the monster revealed how people truly are towards each other. Just because someone is different, it doesn’t justify them being treated that way. The first reaction that people have of the creature