In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, there seems to be an unfair treatment of Frankenstein's creature because of his physical deformity. Since the creature looks scary, then he must be evil.
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Lets consider Victor Frankenstein. Victor is from a well-to-do family and has a beautiful lover in the form of Elizabeth. Victors best friend is Henry Clerval, which is told to be an honorable and decent fellow. Victors outward appearance to the world seems to be good and healthy. But when Victor goes away to school, he becomes obsessed with the teachings of professor Waldman (even though the other professors warn Victor to not do so). This leaves Victor to ponder morally unethical questions that would better be left to a God.
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While Victor believes that creating this race would help mankind, he loses sight of his attempt to play God. His ego drives him to create a creature which he then denies because of its outward appearance rather than its inward substance. Seeing for the first time what he has done, Victor decides to leave the unfortunate creature and abandon it.
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When the creature finds comfort in the DeLacey home's shed, he still had to deal with the shock of his natural deformities. Because the creature knew he scared people, he quietly learned how to read, write, speak, and love others secretly. But when the family sees the creature for the first time, they are in horror because of his appearance. The only one that does not react negatively is old man DeLacey, who is blind.
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When the creature saves a girl from drowning later on in the novel, her fathers appreciation for the creature shows when he gets shot at. All because of his appearance. Doesn't this sound a little TOO familiar?
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The funny thing is that the monster seems to have a gentle heart underneath his wretched exterior. If he could find someone to love, then he will never harm another creature again. The fact that Victor stopped creating the "bride of Frankenstein" because it might create more ugly creatures shows Victors' lack of sympathy for things that he does not deem worthy.
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