uthven and the 'creature' of Victor Frankenstein respectively can both be seen to metaphorically represent the fears and anxieties created by the bloodthirsty revolt in France and its possible consequences in Britain, Western Europe and possibly even further a field. Lord Ruthven in The Vampyre represents the 'landed' aristocracy and his 'life-draining' qualities portray the harsh rule the bourgeoisie have implemented over the working classes for centuries, essentially removing the opportunity for lifestyle quality improvement by exploiting the proletariat every way they can. In a time where the aristocratic classes were greatly fearing the possibility of revolution, Lord Ruthven represents the near impossibility of removing the dominance of the aged aristocratic rule without changing the country completely, this is shown from Aubrey's desire to "free the world from such a wretch; but death he [Aubrey] remembered, had been already mocked."(Polidori 17) There is a sense here that whatever happens, the attempt to change the power distribution is totally futile.
             Victor Frankenstein's 'creature' offers us an almost direct opposite (in the metaphorical sense) to the dark creature in evidence in Polidori's offering; whereas Lord Ruthven represents the iron-handed aristocracy feeding off the poor, the creature in Frankenstein portrays the infantile, recently realised power of the working class as a result of the French Revolution. Victor's creation is denied a name throughout and as a result, denied any type of individuality, this reflects the aristocracy's decision not to acknowledge members of the lower classes as on an equal level with themselves, in some cases the prejudice was so extreme that the Bourgeois classes thought of the proletariat as a sub servant species, indeed the monster is simply known as Frankenstein's monster and this naming of the creature as a sub servant of Victor has heavy connotations- and criticisms- of the deli...