Compare And Contrast Frankenstein And The De Fairwood Family

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The De Lacey Family provides the last saving grace for humanity, as well as detail the monster’s development. The monster comes across the De Lacey Family during his period of isolation. The De Lacey Family become the monsters own little family that he watches and cares over. With the De Lacey’s the monster learns their native language French, he also learns about love, compassion, and family. The De Lacey family offers as a contrast to Victor Frankenstein. Victor reject the monster outright due to his horrid appearance; while the De Laceys, in the end also rejecting the monster, without knowing it, they offer the monster a sense of being. They give the monster a reason to feel and be a part of something like family. De Lacey, the blind father,

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