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Rejection And Untreatment In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

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Mistreating someone can cause dangerous things to you and to society. This can make them angry and put some damage to you and your society. This also can cause them to get an act of revenge on you someday. In the novel Frankenstein, Mary Shelly uses the characterization of the creature and the conflict he encounters to convey that Rejection and mistreatment can faster within a person and cause him or her to become filled with rage as evidenced by his mistreatment, anger, and unacceptance by society. Throughout the novel, society did not accept the creature because of the way he looks and how hideous he is. They attacked him with fear. “The whole village was roused: some fled, some attacked me, until, grievously bruised by stones and many other kinds of missile weapons”(103). This conveys the theme because it shows how he was mistreated by …show more content…

“ I hardly knew why; but when the man saw me draw near, he aimed a gun, which he carried, at my body and fired. I sank to the ground and my injurer, with increased swiftness, escaped into the wood. This was then the reward of my benevolence! I had saved a human being from destruction, and as a recompense, I now writhed under the miserable pain of a wound that shattered the flesh and bone”(142). This shows that the creature is being mistreated even though he helped someone. This is because of the way he looks and how different he is from everyone else, this is why he doesn't get accepted by the people. But then this made the creature mad. “I vowed eternal hatred and vengeance to all mankind”(143). This thede the creature mad because they don't treat him very well even when he doesn't deserve it. The mistreatment he’s getting is getting out of hand and he now might get up for revenge. To conclude, in my opinion, they should treat him well since he’s being helpful and kind to a human

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