Oscar Wilde and Mary Shelley both agree upon that a monster originates from a contaminated soul. When one's soul begins to rot, a monster within emerges, for both of their monsters began as pure souls who were unaware of the evils of the world. When the soul gets contaminated by evil, it begins to transform into a monster. Dorian Gray’s inner monster begins to arise when Lord Henry inserts a fear in him (that if he sins too much it will start to show on his beautiful face and he cannot afford that), and so he vows to never let his burdens physically show on his body. Frankenstein's creation becomes a monster not when Victor creates him, but when people treat him as an inferior; which awakens his hatred towards humanity. Additionally, for something to be defined as a monster, it must hold certain negative characteristics (A monster has negative traits)
(An individual becomes a monster when its soul is contaminated with sins)
An individual can transform itself into a monster or, can let others influence our lives …show more content…
Society defines monsters as something which does not follow the socially accepted pattern, in like manner, “starting in the nineteenth century, the monster is used to critique the assumptions about “normalcy” rooted in broadly accepted binary constructs;” the unknown is often related to monstrosity throughout history ( ). Dorian Gray sells his soul to the devil because he believes beauty is his only quality, because it is what his society judges him for. The Creation develops into a monstrous creature because people make him believe that he is inferior to them because he does not meet their social standards of “the beautiful creatures”. The creation feels like he must prove himself worthy of belonging to the human society, yet he terrorizes them to intimidate
(An individual becomes a monster when its soul is contaminated with sins)
An individual can transform itself into a monster or, can let others influence our lives …show more content…
Society defines monsters as something which does not follow the socially accepted pattern, in like manner, “starting in the nineteenth century, the monster is used to critique the assumptions about “normalcy” rooted in broadly accepted binary constructs;” the unknown is often related to monstrosity throughout history ( ). Dorian Gray sells his soul to the devil because he believes beauty is his only quality, because it is what his society judges him for. The Creation develops into a monstrous creature because people make him believe that he is inferior to them because he does not meet their social standards of “the beautiful creatures”. The creation feels like he must prove himself worthy of belonging to the human society, yet he terrorizes them to intimidate