A Comparison Of Frankenstein And Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

One day, a sad man by the name of Gregor Samsa from Metamorphosis, woke up from a night of uneasy sleep to find himself transformed into a cockroach. In contrast is another character from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein- the monster. A scientist, by the name of Victor Frankstein, has a wild fascination in creating another human. After tireless months of trying, he successfully accomplishes his goal, only except Victor created a frightful monster that is horrifying to look at. The two characters share large similarities such as being physically disgusting and being of the lowest in society. Likewise, they are distinctly different, like the impact of the time period the text was written in and their overall character journeys. Although there are

From the moment the monster is created, he is looked at as disgusting and horrific. His own creator, Victor, looked at him when he finished with “breathless horror…disgust filled [his] heart. Unable to endure the aspect of the being [he] had created” (Shelley 59). Victors runs from his own creation, leaving the newborn monster confused and alone. If having his own creator reject him wasn’t enough isolation, he is soon shunned and hated by society. They all look at him as evil from the assumption of his physical appearance. Since humans cannot accept him for his appearance, the monster demands Victor to “create a female for... whom [he] can live in the interchange of those sympathies necessary for [his] being” (Shelley 174). His search for friends, and even family, fails, leaving the monster with vengeance against Victor and

It is clear that Victor did not intend for the monster to a murderer- he simply wanted to fulfill his dream of creating another life. Victor abandons the monster, which already depicts just how cruel life can be that your own creator cannot find love to give you. The monster is left to venture the streets only to realize how dreadful he really is. His first encounter in the world is to have an old man run away in horror and fright. Once he enters the village, “[they] were roused; some fled, some attacked [him], until, grievously [he was] bruised by stones and many other kinds of missile weapons” (Shelley 123). He even took it upon himself to help the poor girl who slipped in the river, but being 8 feet tall and horrifying, a man “darted towards [him] … tearing the girl from [his] arms … he aimed a gun at [his] body and fired” (Shelley 169). The monster was “benevolent and good,” but because of the way people reacted and treated him, “misery made [him] a fiend” (Shelley 114). The evil of humans and their nature to assume character based on looks is very evident in this novel. Essentially, the doom (their death) of both Gregor and the monster is characterized when they no longer fit in society. Gregor can no longer provide for the family just as the monster is not allowed to integrate with the people. It is because of the evil of human nature that both characters face the