Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Stereotype - Frankenstein

"'Devil,' I exclaimed, 'do you dare approach me?'...'I expected this reception,' said the daemon. 'All men hate the wretched; how, then, must I be hated, who am miserable beyond all living things!'" (68).

From the beginning, Victor had always been terrified of his creation. He ran from him and did not see him for two whole years while letting him wander about. He was terrified based on the monster's large size, yellow skin, thin black lips, and overall appearance. Victor never tried to be with his creation for more than a few seconds, although I cannot blame him. However, his ideas were very stereotypical. Upon the awareness that his creation could have killed his brother, he stereotyped even further by calling him a demon and many other negative names. When meeting him, Victor calls him the devil and tells him to leave. He soon realizes that his stereotypical views of him were not all true. He did not want to hurt Victor or anyone for that matter. He just desired new knowledge about humanity and what was around him, very similar to Victor's desires.

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