Justin Wickett 5/25/2004 How Society's Judgment at First Sight Contributed to the Monster Unfortunately, throughout the course of history, society has judged individuals at first sight based on their physical appearances. In the beginning of Frankenstein, written by Mary Shelly, Dr. Frankenstein amasses his knowledge from different fields of study to create a human being. Although "the materials at present within [his] command hardly appeared adequate to so arduous an undertaking," (31) Dr. Frankenstein continued his plan …
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…emotionally wounded and increasingly resorted to violence to seek revenge. When Frankenstein died, the Monster lost the only person who he was able to interact with and who could help him and he decided that life was not worth living knowing that he would never be accepted into society. Because Frankenstein's monster could not change his physical appearance, no matter how hard he tried, he could never have been able to fit into a society.