The novel Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, focuses on the creature created by Victor Frankenstein and the creature’s rejection by society and the idea that he is a monster. Rather than the book being based on the prejudice that is institutionalized in society, the novel is really about the aftermath of emotional trauma from a prejudicial society. During the creature’s most earliest moments after creation, Victor “escaped and rushed” out away from the creature out of fear because of the creature’s monster like features (1818). In other words, the creature’s first memories are of a man, more specifically, his creator, fearfully running away from him. This leaves the creature feeling confused, rejected and traumatized. He then goes to the village
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First off, Victor could have warned the village about the creature’s unattractive appearance. The village people would not have reacted as bad as they did and would have avoided lots of drama and pain for the creature. Second, Victor knew what he was creating and should not have reacted how he did. He needed to take responsibility and act like a parental figure. Elizabeth Englander, Professor of Psychology, and the Director of the Massachusetts Aggression Reduction Center (MARC), Bridgewater State University, feels that “children need confidants” and parents should “talk with” their kids. If the creature wasn’t abandoned from Victor at an early age, most likely, nobody would’ve died and he wouldn’t have felt the effects of emotional trauma. He needed to teach the creature lessons that would’ve been beneficial for him to know. The third thing that could have prevented the creature’s actions would be for the people of the village to not have judged the creature and deem him as a monster based off his appearance. This also complies with Victor warning the village about the creature so that they wouldn’t be scared of him. This would’ve helped prevent the deaths because the creature implies that his actions were “inflamed by pain” (1818). The creature wanted love while feeling lonely which caused him to react violently. His actions could have been prevented if he had a parent and felt accepted and not rejected because of his
First off, Victor could have warned the village about the creature’s unattractive appearance. The village people would not have reacted as bad as they did and would have avoided lots of drama and pain for the creature. Second, Victor knew what he was creating and should not have reacted how he did. He needed to take responsibility and act like a parental figure. Elizabeth Englander, Professor of Psychology, and the Director of the Massachusetts Aggression Reduction Center (MARC), Bridgewater State University, feels that “children need confidants” and parents should “talk with” their kids. If the creature wasn’t abandoned from Victor at an early age, most likely, nobody would’ve died and he wouldn’t have felt the effects of emotional trauma. He needed to teach the creature lessons that would’ve been beneficial for him to know. The third thing that could have prevented the creature’s actions would be for the people of the village to not have judged the creature and deem him as a monster based off his appearance. This also complies with Victor warning the village about the creature so that they wouldn’t be scared of him. This would’ve helped prevent the deaths because the creature implies that his actions were “inflamed by pain” (1818). The creature wanted love while feeling lonely which caused him to react violently. His actions could have been prevented if he had a parent and felt accepted and not rejected because of his