Humans often have rather shallow and superfluous opinions and judgments. They see nothing beyond the visual and delve no further than the surface of subject. As such, many individuals themselves are judged harshly only on their outward appearance, and not on the core of their being. In Mary Shelley’s, Frankenstein, the monster of Dr. Frankenstein is a gentle being, treated unjustly due to his hideous visage. Using the monster’s alienation, Shelley reveals the surrounding society’s assumptions and values of intolerance and superficiality. Intolerance is a topic that has been debated for centuries. People ridicule others based solely on assumptions without any insight or actual information on the target. Frankenstein’s monster was akin to an
