The Representation Of Traditional Monsters In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein '

In this chapter, Poole spoke about traditional monsters, racism, people, and how these relate together. This will be elaborated on down below. Poole begins by telling the readers about Frankenstein and his creation (author-wise.) Frankenstein was created into a film, first by Edison in 1910 (Poole 84.) Another film was released in 1931 and Frankenstein’s monster was seen as a bad creature. He was portrayed as terrorizing respectable white women and their children. He accidentally killed a girl and then himself too was killed by a mob (Poole 87.) Relating to how Frankenstein terrorized white women and their children, African American men were seen as this too. They were portrayed as sexually deviant monsters, always ready to rape white women.