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Being Attractive Most of the time in our society, we judge people by their appearance. The important thing that most attractive people should know is that no one chose to be born ugly or not. Being attractive doesn't mean being physical looks good. Also, we need to consider that sometimes the most attractive people are having the worst manners ever. Usually, they are smugglers and have bad behaviors. But we have to admit that we made that mistake. We have given value to the beauty and neglected morality. For me, appearance is not everything, because if I am communicating with somebody, I need him to be respectful to me, as I am respectful to him. I am not saying that the attractive people disrespectful, but a lot of them have sick thoughts. …show more content…
He points that by saying: "That appearance, in other words, means something, but it doesn’t mean everything" (New York Times, 2015). He also describes how ugly was he when he was a kid and the amount of the rejection that he received from the society especially from his parents just because he was ugly. Same as what happened to the creature in the novel Marry Shelly Frankenstein. We realize how the society treated the creature roughly. Throughout the novel, Victor Frankenstein describes his creature with negative terms such as devil, demon, thing, and ogre. He was the oppressed child. As Robert Hoge got left from his family, Victor left his creature after he gives him life. Victor left the creature without teaching him anything about life. Therefore, the creature had a lot of difficulties in his life. And as the people hated him, he became full of hatred and …show more content…
She said "Ugly characters in kids’ books are generally horrible and their physical flaws are signs of other shortcomings. Villains have bad teeth, liars have long noses, zombies have thick skulls. The miserly are bony, the greedy, fat" (New York Times, 2015). We should fix that because not always the ugly is the evil and the beautiful are the heroes. And we can realize that when we look at the magazines and sales; they usually used to use an attractive people as models to make you look at their products. She also got a little nervous from her girl, because she refused to play with the Eleanor Roosevelt doll, and on the other hand, she slept with her beautiful Barbie doll. But for me, we can't blame the little girl, because the girl judged the doll from its appearance. And that's the same thing that happens with the creator of the novel. When Safie, Agatha, and Felix return from their walk while the creature shows up to the old man, they hit him with cries of fear and panic because of the creature looks. And as we read, we are going to see how the old man accepted the creature from his heart, and this one of the advantages of being blind, because if you are blind, you are not going to be tricked with people's
As human nature, we tend to judge too much. We judge others by the color of their skin, their weight, if they have acne or not, and how they dress The Creature, from Mary Shelley's novel, Frankenstein, is judged throughout the entire novel. He looks different,
To begin with, Victor Frankenstein's creature thinks, reacts and acts like a human. For example, When the creature was in the woods he noticed that a girl was drowning in the lake. When he went in the lake to go save her from dying a man comes and thinks that the creature was doing harm to the girl. When all the creature was trying to do was to save the girl from drowning. In this case the creature reacted and acted just like a human would. To add on, the creature also made some horrid mistakes in which he regrets in doing. The creature regrets and admits that he did wrong ''But now vice has degraded me beneath the meanest animal''(192). In this quote it states that the creature calls himself an "animal'' because of all his wrong doing. The creature
Victor Frankenstein and the others who have encountered the creature all recoiled in horror at the mere sight of him. He is described by Victor: “His limbs were in proportion, and I had selected his features as beautiful. Beautiful!—Great God! His yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath; his hair was of a lustrous black, and flowing; his teeth of a pearly whiteness; but these luxuriances only formed a more horrid contrast with his watery eyes, that seemed almost of the same colour as the dun white sockets in which they were set, his shriveled complexion, and straight black lips” (Shelley, 35). Even his creator shuns him based solely on his looks. Another attribute of the creature that makes him monstrous is his thirst for revenge against Victor and the hateful attitude he develops toward humans throughout the book. While he has not developed the emotional intelligence and experience of other human beings, he has learned to differentiate between right and wrong. Therefore, the murders he has committed are taken into consideration when labeling the creature as a monster. If anything, as I will later demonstrate, the creature is an antihero. He is mostly monstrous in appearance but his thoughts, feelings and circumstances create the ingredients of an antihero, who has doubtlessly committed
The creature’s moral ambiguity characteristic was a vile ingredient to the construction of this novel Frankenstein because it made the reader 's sympathies with him even after the audience knows he had committed murder because the readers had seen the truth this creature had to face. That he had tried everything within his power to peacefully live with them, to interact, communicate, and befriend them “these thoughts exhilarated me and led me to apply with fresh ardour to the acquiring the art of language”, that even though he was seen as a monster because of the looks he was created with, something he had no control over, he still had hope to be seen as equals, ”My organs were indeed harsh, but supple; and although my voice was very unlike the soft music of their tones, yet I pronounced such words as I understood with tolerable ease. It was as the ass and the lap-dog; yet surely the gentle ass whose intentions were affectionate, although his manners were rude, deserved better treatment than blows and execration;” this hope of his was utterly crushed, and can only set him up for utter disappointment(12.18). Because in the end he only received hates, scorns, violence, and prejudice from his good will. So in the end of the story, Mary Shelley’s forces the readers to see within the creature’s heart and for
The Creature, Victor Frankenstein’s creation, is shaped into a monster through its experiences, instead of the nature of itself, which is more expected. Victor Frankenstein, on the other hand, is shaped into a monster because of his mind’s power-hungry nature. Victor treats his creature poorly and he himself becomes wicked. While the Creature also becomes wicked in the end, its actions are more justified because multiple people treated it poorly, causing the Creature to lash out. Even though Victor Frankenstein and the Creature both turn into wicked monsters, to some extent, only one of
In the novel Frankenstein, the monster was singled out because of his monstrous looks. The reason he had such looks was because of the unnatural manner of his creation. The monster was created with a mix of stolen body parts and chemicals. One look at the monster would make anyone want to get out of his path. Once the monster came to life he was abandoned by his creator without any direction. He was left to fend for himself and deal with the prejudices that people had without getting to know his situation. The monster also didn't know how to react to the reactions from people which made him start to commit crimes. The monster said, "I, the miserable and the abandoned, am an abortion, to be spurned at, and kicked, and trampled on" (Shelley 19). This eruption of angry self-pity as the monster questions the injustice of how he has been treated compellingly captures his inner life, giving Walton and the reader a glimpse into the suffering that has motivated his crimes. While the monster was wandering the town he encountered a family, and he learned how to speak ...
As a tragic hero, Victor’s tragedies begin with his overly obsessive thirst for knowledge. Throughout his life, Victor has always been looking for new things to learn in the areas of science and philosophy. He goes so far with his knowledge that he ends up creating a living creature. Victor has extremely high expectations for his creation but is highly disappointed with the outcome. He says, “I had desired it with an ardour that far exceeded moderation; but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart” (Shelley 35). Frankenstein neglects the creature because of his horrifying looks, which spark the beginning of numerous conflicts and tragedies. At this point, the creature becomes a monster because of Victor’s neglect and irresponsibility. The monster is forced to learn to survive on his own, without anyone or anything to guide him along the way. Plus, the monster’s ugly looks cause society to turn against him, ad...
The creature was created with the intention of goodness and purity but because of this, he wasn’t equipped to deal with the rejection of his creator. After Victor Frankenstein’s death, Robert Walton walks in to see the creature standing over his friend’s lifeless body.
Although the Creature later went on to commit crimes, he was not instinctively bad. Victor’s Creature was brought into this world with a child-like innocence. He was abandoned at birth and left to learn about life on his own. After first seeing his creation, Victor “escaped and rushed downstairs.” (Frankenstein, 59) A Creator has the duty to teach his Creature about life, as well as to love and nurture him. However, Victor did not do any of these; he did not take responsibility for his creature. One of the first things that the creature speaks of is that he was a “poor, helpless, miserable wretch; I knew, and could distinguish, nothing; but feeling pain invade me on all sides, (he) sat ...
People’s impression of the Creature has become so twisted and turned by time and decades of false film posters and article titles that most use the name “Frankenstein” to refer to the Creature itself, rather than the scientist who created him! It’s a shame, he said! An understanding of literary history is a necessity to comprehend the truth of the Creature’s tragic history and how decades of film adaptations changed him into the hulking beast most people know him as today. Illustration from the frontispiece of the 1831 edition of Shelley’s Frankenstein novel by Theodor von Holst. First of all, Mary Shelley describes the Creature as "yellow skin scarcely covering the work of muscles and arteries beneath; his hair was luxurious black, and flowing; his teeth of pearly whiteness; but these luxuriances only formed a more horrid contrast with his watery eyes, that seemed almost of the same colour as the dun-white sockets in which they were set, his shrivelled complexion and straight Despite his appearance of a "monster" the original Creature portrayal is that of a sensitive, intelligent being rather than a nonspeaking idiot and killing machine.
Many readers often think of the creature from Frankenstein as a revolting villain. Readers do not seem to understand the severity of what Victor Frankenstein took from him. His own father, Frankenstein, left the creature for dead. Frankenstein abandoned and victimized his own child; he deserted his child to be forever in solitude. He had to learn to survive, learn that humans will fear him, and learn how to love completely on his own. Victor refused to help him by creating a new monster for him to love. Only a child, he felt alone and desperate for compassion.
Early in the novel, a scientist named Victor Frankenstein treats his creation worse than anyone. He does not give the monster a fair chance, before he knows anything about the monster he regrets creating artificial life. Victor sees his monster and is astounded by him at first, then, triggered by appearance and early observation, hates his creation and only sees evil. Frankenstein says, “I never saw a more interesting creature: his eyes have generally an expression of wildness… he is generally melancholy and despairing” (Shelley 51). Frankenstein’s hate and lack of respect for his own creation represents the shallowness of society. When Victor uses words like “wildness” and “creature”, he connotes that he sees the monster as nothing more than an animal. Animals live in the wild and have wildness about them because they only know survival. Victor does not think the monster possesses any human like qualities otherwise he would not regret creating him. Fr...
And yet, it should also be noted that the entire story is told through the ill-fated eyes of a self-pitying creator that years later is recalling the misfortune that has befallen him and his ruined family because he birthed this "abhorred devil." Despite Frankenstein’s filtering of the story, any reader can easily notice that the most riveting and entertaining chapters of the novel are in the middle section where the Creature’s narration dominates the story. The readers learn that despite the Creature’s physical features that are described as a monstrosity, he is far from being an abomination. Instead, he speaks and reasons with the highest elegance, logic, and persuasiveness. As a verbal creation, he is the very opposite of being monstrous: he is sympathetic and compelling. He is benevolent and shows that he is capable of identifying with another’s pain and misfortune. Through most Creature’s of the existence, he tries to find companionship many times, but he is only met with fear and hostility. He says that he “admired virtue and good feelings and loved the gentle manners and amiable qualities of [the] cottagers, but [he] was shut out from intercourse with them.” Quotations such as this demonstrate that, though he is also capable of being kind in mankind’s character, he is unable to be a part of human society and thus unable to receive such kindness in return. It is only after when he is rejected by villagers and anyone who sets eyes on him that he starts exhibiting a capacity for unspeakable, inhumane rage and envy. These events teach the Creature that there is no point in being good since he is always being judged by his hideous appearance no matter how kindly he acts. Embittered, the creature determines he can never be accepted by the human race and vows vengeance by killing Frankenstein's family members and
A perfect reason why Frankenstein refuses to grant the creature what he wishes is when he tells the creature: "your evil passions will be renewed, and you will then have a companion to aid you in the task of destruction" (Shelley 140). I think that this is a good reason why Frankenstein doesn't want to grant the creature's wish. Frankenstein is afraid that creating another creature can cause the end of human kind. I disagree with Victor's thoughts and assumptions about the creature's nature because he judges the creature by his appearance: "when I saw the filthy mass that moved and talked, my heart sickened and my feelings were altered to those of horror and hatred"(Shelley 140). Victor is very shallow because he judges the creature by his appearance and not by his feelings.
As an example in the novel the author will often use beautiful women such as Elizabeth “the most beautiful child she had ever seen, and showed signs even then of a gentle and affectionate disposition” or Justine by saying “She is very clever and gentle, and extremely pretty” (Shelley 20, 42). The characters in the novel depend tremendously on a perfect beautiful human being. Through the establishment of society’s views towards acceptance of looks you uncover that society creates its monsters and people are not born one. Society pushes the creature into becoming the monster because everyone treats him as if he was one. When reading the novel the creature inside does not seem to be harmful but simply wants to be loved by his creator Victor Frankenstein. The creature