Utilitarianism In Frankenstein

The story Frankenstein by Marry Shelley has many points of interests and topics that give us information about how the people back then felt and the worries of what their future could be. One of the most notable, if not the main theme that the author wanted to express in the story, is the case of the creature who is abandoned by his creator (Victor Frankenstein) and left to roam the world alone. The creature becomes corrupted and commits a number of serious crimes towards humanity and Victor Frankenstein himself. The questions that arise from this situation is, what turned the creature into a monster? Was the creature an abomination by nature or was it forced into this course of action by the society that surrounded him? The creature 's story …show more content…
In this case we see the story of Matteo Alacrán (referred to as Matt in order to shorten the name and differentiate him from the original Matteo Alacrán or El Patrón). Matt, much like the creature, wasn 't born; he was made in a laboratory or 'harvested ' as the story calls it. He was a clone for Matteo Alacrán (will be called El Patrón from here on), in this universe clones were considered less than human and their only purpose was to provide internal organs for their original counterpart in order to prolong their lifespan. Therefore everyone despised clones and treated them as beasts or creatures, much like Frankenstein 's creation was considered a demon or abomination, something less or worse than a human. There is, however, one factor that makes a difference between Matt and the creature though and that is the people that surrounded Matt. Despite the fact that Matt was just a creature to everybody else, he had Celia as a mother figure, he was loved by El Patrón and he had a friend in María, whom he secretly …show more content…
Both Matt and the creature were a product on mankind, the only difference between them was the acceptance of others towards them. Matt wasn 't loved by everyone, his social life revolved around about five different people but that was all he needed, he thought it unfair that the world would judge him simply because he was a clone, which wasn 't even visible in plain sight but he felt happy that he could see some people as his friends and parents. This leads me to believe that the creature of Frankenstein could 've led a completely opposite life if he had been accepted by Frankenstein and perhaps given a mate as he had requested to his creator. Likewise, Matt 's story could 've taken a bad turn had he been abandoned by everyone and treated as a beast. While I believe it is in everyone 's power to make choices for themselves in regards of their actions, it is society and the acceptance of others towards the individual which leads a person to take their course of action. In the end, do you think these creations are really the monsters, or is it us, for blindly judging them for what we think they are? The answer seems pretty clear to