societys rejectuon of creature and consequences Flashcards

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every character views and treats creature with prejudice

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more creature tries to come closer to humans the more it gets pushed further away

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creatures og innocence is stripped away after its creator and characters reject it

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first encounter with human other than Victor is with an old man it finds in a hut

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the man “turned on hearing a noise; and perceiving me, shrieked loudly, and quitting the hut, ran across the fields with a speed of which his debilitated form hardly appeared capable”

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innocence of creature shows itself in the creature not understanding why man got dcared

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desire to be a part of the community, it’s a social being

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behaves like newborn, fascinated by surroundings, wants to establish contact with it

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9
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saves girl from drowning. a man fired a gun at “his” body, implying that the creature realized the effect his body has on humans- disgust, terror, horror, showing the community’s rejection of creature

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10
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resolves to no show himself in the next encounter with human. this shows creatures lvl of intelligence and his desire, expressed through repeated observation, to join the community

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becomes part of community, though invisibly. joins in on everyday activities, and helps others people’s lives become better

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even though creature it helping them, still forced to do it out of sight. physically appearance is excluding it

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13
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attempts to join fail as the family rejects it

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14
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last chance to join by approaching child, believing he can’t yet comprehend the prejudice adults have

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wants to take William as his companion to diminish his isolation, however, child is horrified by appearance and hope of companionship dissipates again

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16
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turning point when william mentions Frankenstein. victor, the creator, is a frankenstein and the creature connects all its rejections to creator himself, changing its need for acceptance to revenge

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17
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creature seems to want to hurt those it perceive as beautiful as it can’t be beautiful itself

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18
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frames justine for child’s murder, means to punish justine for representing pretty girls everywhere who as it learned will reject it

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19
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desire to hurt other stems from resentment of own creation and sees victor as source of its suffering

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20
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wants to deprive victor of the comfort of having loved ones, of his comminity

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21
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questions identity and realizes it’ll never be accepted the way it is

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22
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from beginning it’s neither evil nor spiteful, it gets beaten and driven off because of its appearance. it’s society and mankind that shape the creature into a savage

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