Social Commentary In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Many authors create novels to show social commentaries in today’s society. The author of Frankenstein, Mary Shelley, informs the reader about many different social issues in society. She illustrations these issues through her characters and the plot of her novel. The social commentaries that she exemplified in her novel are significant in today’s society. Many authors demonstrate social commentaries throughout their novels; Mary Shelley shows how people discriminate against others based on their appearance, women have a lack of power, and that people push science too far.

Mary Shelley created her novel to show many social commentaries in today’s society, one of the many commentaries in her novels is people discriminate against others based

Let me go. My papa is a syndic—he is M. Frankenstein—he will punish you. You dare not keep me.'” (Shelley Pg. 153). Society judged Victor’s creation based on the way he looks instead of the way he acts. Mary Shelley also shows that discrimination based on their appearance happens with all ages and not just one particular age range. Shelley shows this commentary with her character William, judging Victor’s creation based on his appearance: “‘He struggled violently. `Let me go,' he cried; `monster! Ugly wretch! You wish to eat me and tear me to pieces. You are an ogre. Let me go, or I will tell my papa.’” (Shelley pg., 153). Mary Shelley shows that all ages discriminate people based on their appearance and not their actions. Many people in society discriminate others based on their looks, another writer describes many social commentaries in “Frankenstein; Or, the Modern Prometheus”. One of these social commentaries is discriminating people based on their appearances; this social commentary makes

The author of the novel, Mary Shelley, demonstrates this social commentary by using her character, Victor Frankenstein. Victor Frankenstein continues to do research for his creation and he continues to gain more knowledge about other advancements “If, instead of this remark, my father had taken the pains to explain to me that the principles of Agrippa had been entirely exploded and that a modern system of science had been introduced” (Shelley pg., 38). Frankenstein uses the research he gathers to create the creature and how he will go about doing it. Mary Shelley also shows about people go to science and gets themselves into something they thought would not happen. She uses Victor Frankenstein to show how he went to research; how to recreate a monster and from this victor felt more distress than before: "I cannot describe to you the agony that these reflections inflicted upon me; I tried to dispel them, but sorrow only increased with knowledge." (Shelley pg., 128-29). Mary Shelley shows how many people turn to science and take it too far. Mary Shelley and other authors like Ashley Carlson demonstrates how science can be taken too far in society. Ashley Carlson farther exemplifies how Victor Frankenstein takes science way out of hand for him and the people in the novel. Carlson talks about how Victor created his creation, left it out in the world, and took no effort