Density In Frankenstein

The labeling of something or someone as a human or a monster, creates two socially distinct groups, and draws a line between who or what deserves basic living rights. By categorizing something as monstrous, humans can isolate themselves from it and does not have to legally and morally, justify their violence towards it. For example, as Jeffrey Jerome Cohen mentions in Monster Culture, "…in the United States, Native Americans were presented as unredeemable savages so that the powerful political machine of Manifest Density could push westward with disregard." (8) In other words, the Native Americans were classified as, “unredeemable savages” (8), freaks, and monstrous beings who cannot be saved. Therefore, it was fair of the Manifest Density

Similarly, in the novel Frankenstein, the monster is portrayed as a resurrected, human-like creature who is stronger and better at surviving than humans. In both cases, even though both the creature and the giant ants showed similar behaviors to human behaviors or similar human-like characteristics, these qualities either amplify why they should be exterminated or were simply ignored. Both medium also shows, that the monster just wants to survive and live their life or lives. However, because the creatures are stronger than humans, the humans inevitably feared them and quickly labeled them as monstrous. In doing so, the monsters were immediately given a death sentence, and plans to exterminate them were hastily set in place, regardless what they are really

However, as mentioned before and mention in the film, when the doctor is debriefing the military and senator about what the average size ants can do, he says ants exhibit similar behaviors to humans. The doctor claimed that ants starts war, campaigns, turn their captive into slaves, and has a similar social structure to humans. This was a part of the reasons why they are a threat. The doctor, even concluded that the giant ants could be the end of man-kind. Aside from the ants being stronger and bigger than normal ants, they were still just ants. Unlike the creature, they are somewhat normal. However, like the creature and as Cohen mention in Monster Culture, the giant ants are monsters and a possible detrimental thing to humans, and thus, must be