My teacher gave it a 6 but it seems too short. Thanks.
In a well-written essay, analyze how the character’s response to the loss contributes to an interpretation of the work as a whole. Do not merely summarize the plot.
Mary Shelly in her novel "Frankenstein" presents the creature's loss of compassion and eventual violence through societal rejection and abandonment, empasizing how one is a product of society.
Mary Shelly in her novel "Frankenstein" presents the creature's loss of compassion and eventual violence through societal rejection and abandonment, empasizing how one is a product of society.
Initally, through the process of Victor creating the creature, he treats him with respect and enderment, reflecting a father figure for his creation. After he comes to life, Victor rejects him and the creature loses his maker, creating the first form of early abandonment. The readers are able to infer this cycle will just continue since this is ther first interaction. As the story progresses, Victor rejects him numerous times and the creature begins to exsist in a cycle of societal rejection as the public has horrific reactions to him, forcing him to to abandon the idea of becoming a functioning member of soceity and instead a reject.
moreover, this cycle of rejection festers in him, allowing a silence rage to build and violence to become common. After expressing his want of family to the Delacy family and being met with embarrising rejection, he decides to follow the only path known to him, destruction. After tearing down their house and inflicting trauma on them, he declares his war with society and how he does not care what soiety does to him since he tried so hard to be met with nothing but rejection. Towards his death, he reveals he thinks he has no meaning in life after Victor refuses to make him a companion to keep him company and then his eventual death. The creature takes his own life and leaves the world with what he entered with, nothing.
Ulitimelty, Shelly's novel portrays the idea of loss and the complexity of a character reaction and processing of it: Readers are able to deduce the final message and how one is a product of society