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Discrimination Quotes In Frankenstein

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Discrimination in Frankenstein
Have you ever discriminated against someone or been discriminated against because you were different? Frankenstein is a book that explores society and human behavior when someone different is introduced. It says that humans are not always willing to introduce someone new to their society and that sometimes they tend to discriminate against the different one. To show this, the writer used a monster which was introduced to a human society. This monster is rejected everywhere he goes because of his difference. He is rejected by his creator, and then he is rejected by the villagers, by the farmers who the monster had so long admired and in the end by the reader himself.

“Unable to endure the aspect of the being I had created, I rushed out of the room”.
The writer uses this quote to show that the creator, in this case Victor Frankenstein, is the first to reject the monster as he rushes out of the room. Victor had worked day and night trying to create an individual that would be and would look like a human. Once Victor had finished creating this monster he realized how not human-like the monster was and decided to reject him as the book states: “I had desidered it with an ardour that far exceeded moderation; but now that I had finished the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror filled my heart”.. This …show more content…

The book states:“The whole village was roused; some fled, some attacked me”. Wherever he goes, the monster cannot find a person who accepts his way of being. This is shown in the different villages the monster visits. We see that the monster is attacked and harassed by the villagers. The rejection of the monster by the villagers symbolizes the rejection of people that belong to a different culture and that may show discrimination when someone new is

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