There are many different themes in Frankenstein. Neglect, prejudice, and judgement are the three main themes of the book. All of these themes have there own significance.
Neglect occurs multiple times in the novel. The first sign of neglect would be in the creation of the creature. When the creature becomes alive it looks horrible. Victor rushes out of the room and leaves the monster there. This is the first time neglect towards the creature occurs. Victor neglected to take care of his creation. Because of his simple mistake it spawns Victor a world of pain to come.
Another occurrence of neglect is when Victor made a promise to the monster. Victor promised to create a mate for the creature. Although the second creature was near completion he realizes that his new creation may hurt his loved ones even more than the first creature had already. So he decides to destroy it. Victor failed to realize that upon destroying his new creation he has sealed his family's fate through the neglect of his creature.
Prejudice is the main theme of the novel. Prejudice occurs all throughout the novel. Most of the forms of prejudice in this novel is a result form the creatures appearance. Prejudice has always been in society and always will or else there may not be an independent type of society.
The main form of prejudice in the novel is judging a person by their appearance. Many times throughout the book the monster would see someone or someone would see him and they automatically seal their views just because he looks different. Prejudice is mostly taught to someone when their a child by their parents. Like teaching a child to hate an enemy. There is never proof of this in the book. There is not any taught prejudice in the novel ,but people can also be born with prejudice. An example of this is when William sees the monster is terrified by the creature's looks despite it's goo
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