Prejudice In Othello And Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Prejudice has been around ever since human existence. Sadly it’s not going away any time soon. When people who get judged constantly from people around them can, it cause tremendous damage. It can change who they are and transform them into a different person. Since prejudice is such a controversial topic in literature, many authors express their thoughts in their own way.
In Shakespeare’s Othello, and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, prejudice is the main theme in both well known stories. In Othello, it takes place in a mostly white community, where Othello, a black man, comes in and marrys the Senators daughter Desdemona and becomes the leader of the Army. He is respected from the soldiers but is hated by many people for being black and having such a high role in the town. Also many dislike him because he is with Brabantio's daughter, who many would like to be with. In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein tirelessly studies the human body and how it can be created. He had worked for months and months at the University of Ingolstadt to create his own human being. One day he finally achieves his goal, but is not very …show more content…
No matter if you’re black, white, or a monster someone created in their apartment. When people get judged all the time, they more than likely won't handle it well and will do something they will regret later. Like in Othello, he was tricked so much because he didn't feel like he could fit in without listening to Iago, so he ended up killing his wife and regretting it five minutes later. He couldn't bare to live without his love Desdemona so he decided to take his own life and be with her. After causing all the trouble and killing Victor’s closest family, the creature had felt so bad when his creator died that he had just cried and cried over his body because he felt so bad and regretted his actions. He wishes he would just go ahead and