The Importance Of Companionship In Frankenstein

The relevance of the modern society is derived primarily from its primal definition that it is a conglomeration of people characterized by the title “civilized,” who are to obey and abide by a permanent set of rules and restrictions in order to meet the rather simplistic necessity of companionship. The establishment of definitive standards, of black and white descriptions of an intricate race that is the human kind, also brings with it a sense of security that simplifies the world. This facade of unity inadvertently blinds its peoples to the fact that these restrictions are forms of disenfranchisement by a society that punishes individuals that are not made to its expectations. Victor Frankenstein and his Creature are prime examples of this predicament as one of whom is born into isolation and the other is innately drawn towards it. Mary Shelley in her work, Frankenstein, employs two rather polar characters in order to underline the effects of …show more content…
Shelley implements two outliers within the system with Victor Frankenstein and his Creature in order to bring to light the ugliness hidden behind the beauty of the human form, as the pursuit for objectified beauty forces the exclusion of individuals that do not fit the mold. Furthermore, the characters of Victor and the Creature are representative of countless lives in the modern society that are constricted under the name of race and religion, overshadowed by an external view that blinds the society to the benevolence that resides within every individual. Companionship is a human necessity, however the purpose of the society is not to mandate companionship, rather to mandate humanity so that the people in the society have the compassion to serve as a companion to someone in