Frankenstein Reflection

Mary Shelley Wollstonecraft, in the summer of 1816, tells the world a story she claims owes its life to her husband, their two friends and her own inner author, which is accredited to her literary parents. She tells a heartbreaking story of a misbegotten creature with no sense of belonging and no companions. She tells of an unloving creator, one who wishes he had not been so foolish in his creation, and who hates that which he has created. Mostly, however her riveting tale seeks to point to the horror created by society, that of people unloved and uncared for, meting out miserable existences until either the upper class citizens take pity, if they are “pleased” by them, or else, until their lives are over. The monster in Frankenstein is

She asks the reader to find empathy for the monster and see the true monster with clarity. Frankenstein gave life to the monster, but he was the true monster and his belief in his own supremacy his biggest sin. Without this belief he would never have presumed to undertake the task of creation, nor would it have held

Although perhaps in a better situation, it is clear that Justine is still just a servant, of far less importance than the class to which Victor was born. Also, she is a woman, making her a much less lower order than most. Which is more dangerous, Mary asks of the reader - one who knows he is unfair in his treatment of others, or one who does not know it at all? In this case, it is the latter, as Victor allows Justine to be executed in order to prevent the defamation of his work and his character should the truth be told partly because of her status as a female servant, partly due to Victor’s own status in