Innocence And Ignorance In Frankenstein

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Monsters are described in the Oxford dictionary as, mythical creatures that are of great size and has ferocious appearances. They appear often in literature rather it be metaphoric or literal, and serve as to basically be a problem in the main character's story. But throughout the two stories that one had read, it's clear to see that if one were to read the book they would relate to one of the 2 monsters. And it's easy to say as I, the reader relates to the monster the most and Claudette the least. When reading the monster, there were many features that made the monster unique, but the one key feature is his innocence to the world. In our world, innocence & ignorance are two characteristics that humans exhibit at a young age but often innocence is forgotten while ignorance still resides. In the story, the monster is considerably innocent, not knowing how the world truly is. The monster, throughout the story, starts to experience new events …show more content…

Ignorance is portrayed by the monster more than once and is a big focus alongside innocence. In the story of the monster, we learn that the monster is slowly learning about his new environment, and learning of rather follow his morals or not. This is something I can relate to as when I was younger, I always question some of my morals and I often wondered about every new thing I experience in the world around me. For example, I was often sheltered as a kid and never knew too much about racism and the concept around it. Alongside this, I never understood why I had to follow some of the morals that my parents had to help me establish. SImilar to the monster, we had gone through moments of ignorance, that may have to lead us to wonder and ask the question we may or may not already have known in life. All in all, I can deeply relate to the monster, however, the next “monster”, Claudette, is a character I can’t relate

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