Society's Role In Frankenstein

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In Frankenstein, society pays a huge role in the way the creator acts, and how society views him differently. Frankenstein’s creature which he has created is yellow-skinned and 8 feet tall, in society no one looks like him. When the creature thought he could socialize with some of the cottagers he found “one of the best of these I entered; but I had hardly placed my foot within the door, before the children shrieked, and no one of the women fainted” (shelly 93). Society back then thought there was no one other like this creature where the most they will be is around 6 foot, and not have yellow skin so when they found the creature they had no idea what to do and screamed. Victor frankenstein himself who was the creator of the creature left him

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