Accepting The Monster In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Society often conforms to a general consensus. If something unique is to be accepted by somebody within a society, it'd have to be accepted by everyone else as well. For a creature such as Frankenstein's monster, being accepted into society would mean that everyone accepts you even though you are quite unique to say the least. The first step to such acceptance would began with Frankenstein himself. Frankenstein has to first accept the monster for who he is and not take into consideration how he looks but rather how he is as a being.

Frankenstein felt disgust at the first sight of his creation and ran out the room. However, what he should have done was overcome the sight of the creature and attempted to communicate with him. Had Frankenstein