Frankenstein Society Analysis

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If you look back in the way society treated an outcast in the eighteen-hundred; you can see that not many things have changed in the way society functions. In this novel one of the main themes of the story is the injustice done to this creature who was to horrendous to be accepted into society. In my opinion society in this novel played a huge role turning the creature into a malicious monster due to them shunning this creature and doing injustice by not allowing him to be part the human society or having the companion everyone needs. In the development of the novel, the monster is continuously attempting to become a part of humanity, but all he gets in return is denial and hatred. I find this as an injustice to the creature since he had no

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