In Mary Shelley's novel, Frankenstein, cruelty is what sets the plot in motion. The rejection of the Monster by Victor Frankenstein represents the wickedness that is consolidated with human society. The inclusion of cruelty in Frankenstein functions to capture the creature as abandoned by his creator, withdrawn from mundane society, and a victim of the evil nature of humankind, even when he has admirable intentions.
Although the novel was written in the 1800s, there is a strong connection between what we understand of how society treats “ugly” people now and how they were treated back then. In the novel, once Victor Frankenstein completed his creation and it was filled with life, he screamed and fled from him. Frankenstein knew he was …show more content…
These occurrences illustrate the capacity of cruelty in the Monster’s life and how it is created. The Monster forms an attachment to the DeLacey family and he hopes that they are the only people that won’t be frightened by his appearance. He learns to be intellectual when observing the family’s daily activities. The monster realizes that he does not belong to the normal society and does not have anyone but himself. Once he places himself in a vulnerable state, the family rejects him, and that rejection adds to the pain that he is already enduring. In the novel, you can see a connection made between the way the Monster is neglected and how a child can be raised in a hostile environment, putting them both at risk. If Victor had been present in the Monster’s life, he would have treated his creation with the respect and love he deserved, after all, he brought him back into the world.The story displays the Monster as a child that is feared by their parent and how he mirrors the hostility that he is …show more content…
Mary Shelley captures the intimate moments where the depravity of mankind allows the Monster to fully understand his place in the world. There was a point in the story where the Monster was wandering around Geneva and came upon a young girl that was on the verge of drowning. When the Monster saves the child, the man that was accompanying the child assumes that she was being attacked and shoots him. Cruelty in this scene from the novel is used to show how one’s appearance is what is used determine whether or not they should be treated with love or hate. The characters in the novel that unknowingly provide the Monster with the knowledge of human wickedness is Victor Frankenstein and the DeLacey family. Victor Frankenstein shows nothing but loathe to his creation is the catalyst of cruelty in the novel. He keeps himself away from everyone that he is close with to create a being of various dead bodies, just to abandon him in the end. The DeLacey family plays a significant part in the acts of cruelty as well being that they attacked the Monster when first seeing him interact with the old man that was blind. I think Mary Shelley decided to give old man DeLacey the inability to see to show how rudimentary it is to look past someone’s looks and, in his case, listen to who they really are. The rest of the family, however, is able to see and looks at the Monster as a
Although the novel was written in the 1800s, there is a strong connection between what we understand of how society treats “ugly” people now and how they were treated back then. In the novel, once Victor Frankenstein completed his creation and it was filled with life, he screamed and fled from him. Frankenstein knew he was …show more content…
These occurrences illustrate the capacity of cruelty in the Monster’s life and how it is created. The Monster forms an attachment to the DeLacey family and he hopes that they are the only people that won’t be frightened by his appearance. He learns to be intellectual when observing the family’s daily activities. The monster realizes that he does not belong to the normal society and does not have anyone but himself. Once he places himself in a vulnerable state, the family rejects him, and that rejection adds to the pain that he is already enduring. In the novel, you can see a connection made between the way the Monster is neglected and how a child can be raised in a hostile environment, putting them both at risk. If Victor had been present in the Monster’s life, he would have treated his creation with the respect and love he deserved, after all, he brought him back into the world.The story displays the Monster as a child that is feared by their parent and how he mirrors the hostility that he is …show more content…
Mary Shelley captures the intimate moments where the depravity of mankind allows the Monster to fully understand his place in the world. There was a point in the story where the Monster was wandering around Geneva and came upon a young girl that was on the verge of drowning. When the Monster saves the child, the man that was accompanying the child assumes that she was being attacked and shoots him. Cruelty in this scene from the novel is used to show how one’s appearance is what is used determine whether or not they should be treated with love or hate. The characters in the novel that unknowingly provide the Monster with the knowledge of human wickedness is Victor Frankenstein and the DeLacey family. Victor Frankenstein shows nothing but loathe to his creation is the catalyst of cruelty in the novel. He keeps himself away from everyone that he is close with to create a being of various dead bodies, just to abandon him in the end. The DeLacey family plays a significant part in the acts of cruelty as well being that they attacked the Monster when first seeing him interact with the old man that was blind. I think Mary Shelley decided to give old man DeLacey the inability to see to show how rudimentary it is to look past someone’s looks and, in his case, listen to who they really are. The rest of the family, however, is able to see and looks at the Monster as a