Comparing Frankenstein And The Delacey Family

appropriate reason because Victor set out to find the secret to life and to create a human being (49). It is only after “the particularity and smallness of the human body” frustrated him that he decided to build “a new species” who was eight feet tall with a hideous appearance. Victor’s love for his family is also clear throughout the book, despite his constant denial of their attention, he wishes to please both his parents and Elizabeth without letting them worry about his fallen state. His isolation from his family broke him down mentally and physically to the point where he fell sick.
Contrasting Victor’s rejection of his family and society, the Creature yearns for familial love and societal acceptance yet he is abandoned by his “father,” …show more content…
Safie’s character parallels that of the Creature in that both are limited by a language and understanding barrier; however, Safie’s beauty and love for Felix separates the two characters where the first is welcomed with open arms and kisses and the latter with a threat and a dismissal. Nonetheless, the Creature learns the French language and American history indirectly from Felix communicating and reading to Safie hoping to be accepted by the family if he approached them as a “speaking and reasoning being” (McLane, 971). Without a basic language background from growing up with a family, the Creature is taught a whole new language whereas Safie is getting translations of this new language. In fact, language is key within a family for communication which is seen in the Frankenstein family with French, English, and Latin, in Safie with Arabic, and the DeLacey family with French. For the DeLacey family, speech is crucial for communication since their father is blind and even with the troubles that the family is going through, familial warmth is strong and clear to both the Creature and the