When Safie is introduced the novel, she is described as having an appearance that contrasts the appearances of members in the De Lacey family. The monster describes her as having “angelic beauty” and “hair of a shining raven black, and curiously braided; her eyes were dark, but gentle, although animated; her features of a regular proportion, and her complexion wondrously fair, each cheek tinged with a lovely pink” (Shelley 82). This contrasts the description of Agatha’s appearance. Agatha was described as being meanly dressed in “ a coarse blue petticoat and a linen jacket being her only garb; her fair hair was plaited but not adorned: she looked patient yet sad” (Shelley 75). Safie’s physical appearance makes her an outcast, similar to the monster. While Safie is an outcast because of her beauty, the monster is an outcast because he was “endued with a figure hideously deformed and loathsome” (Shelley 85). The De Lacey family embraces Safie who was exiled from a foreign land because of her beauty. On the other hand, the De Lacey family expels the monster because of his hideousness. This section of the novel forces the monster and the reader to realize that society judges people and creatures on appearance and those who are outcasted because of their physical appearance are treated
When Safie is introduced the novel, she is described as having an appearance that contrasts the appearances of members in the De Lacey family. The monster describes her as having “angelic beauty” and “hair of a shining raven black, and curiously braided; her eyes were dark, but gentle, although animated; her features of a regular proportion, and her complexion wondrously fair, each cheek tinged with a lovely pink” (Shelley 82). This contrasts the description of Agatha’s appearance. Agatha was described as being meanly dressed in “ a coarse blue petticoat and a linen jacket being her only garb; her fair hair was plaited but not adorned: she looked patient yet sad” (Shelley 75). Safie’s physical appearance makes her an outcast, similar to the monster. While Safie is an outcast because of her beauty, the monster is an outcast because he was “endued with a figure hideously deformed and loathsome” (Shelley 85). The De Lacey family embraces Safie who was exiled from a foreign land because of her beauty. On the other hand, the De Lacey family expels the monster because of his hideousness. This section of the novel forces the monster and the reader to realize that society judges people and creatures on appearance and those who are outcasted because of their physical appearance are treated