Watch Your Back
A wise man once said 'do unto others as you want them to do to you'. This "golden rule" is a lesson we have all been taught since we were children. If you are nice to someone, chances are they will be nice to you. Well, how does one respond when the opposite occurs? When one is decided by society to be 'different' and therefore, treated unfairly, based on their appearance or on their ways of life. If one is only treated with disrespect and malice, then one will act out only with disrespect and malice. When pushed to the limit, people snap. It happens every day - the Columbine shootings, cases of abused people getting even. Past experiences cause them to act out irrationally, and it is not their fault. In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, this theory is proven by the creature throughout the novel. Every time he comes in contact with a human, he is hurt, emotionally and physically, and therefore acts the only way he was treated, causing the same amount of pain and suffering he has had to endure. The first example of the creature's rejection (and the start of his demise) is the day of his creation. As soon as Frankenstein lays eyes on him, he runs away, leaving the creature to fend for himself. Frankenstein tries to sleep i
All because it apparently takes too much effort to treat someone with respect and dignity. The creature vowed to follow Frankenstein, and cause him as much pain as he had had to deal with, pain that was brought on by Frankenstein himself. The family moves soon there after, because the children feel the father is in danger. Expecting to be accepted in, he steps into the house, only to be chased out by one of the family members. With a quick squeeze and a feeling of "hellish triumph", the enemy's (Frankenstein's) brother died (986). He rushed into the water to grab her before she went under, and as he was laying her on the shore, a man shows up and shoots the creature, because all the man saw was an ugly, massive being hunching over a woman. She must have known this situation (hatred breeds hatred) to be something of a problem, even back in her time. turned on hearing a noise; and, perceiving [the creature], shrieked loudly, and, quitting the hut, ran across the fields. But no, Frankenstein was scared of the way his very own creation looked.
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