Examples Of Critical Theory In Frankenstein

Critical Theory is a way of explaining ideas like art, literature, and culture, and these lenses allow critics to focus on certain aspects of a work within the school of theory. For example, critics can explain their views on marginalized and privilege and then explain how these terms are related to them. For instance, I am marginalized because I am female, however, I am privileged because I am white and come from a well off family. The idea of Critical Theory can be applied to Mary Shelley’s, Frankenstein. In Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein represent the privileged and the creature represents the marginalized. Victor Frankenstein represents the privileged. Victor came from a well off family, his father was highly “respected by all who knew him, for his integrity and indefatigable attention to public business” (Shelley 33). He was able to go to college, where he got a good education, “[m]y departure for Ingolstadt, which had …show more content…
He was abandoned by Victor because he was horrendous, “[u]nable to endure the aspects of the being I created, I rushed out of the room” (58). He didn’t have a life he grew in the forest away from humanity. He learned from watching other humans. Then he tries to interact with other humans they drive him away because they’re scared of him, “I saw him on the point of repeated his blow, when, overcome by pain and anguish, I quitted the cottage” (137). He soon realized how sad and miserable his life was going to be, “He had abandoned me, and in the bitterness of my heart I cursed him (134). The creature had a hard life, his entire life he suffered. Like Frankenstein, the creature can be compared to a number of real world things. For instance, he could be compared to the poor people in third world countries, immigrants, or girls even. They all have suffered in ways that no one can explain or understand unless someone has experienced what they