How Does Society Create Evil In Frankenstein

An American Singer, Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi’s song Up Up and Away lyrics state “in the end they'll judge me any way so whatever.” That “whatever” at the end is what society creates. People start acting the way that society perceives them to be because they are so irked of being criticized for actions they aren’t responsible of performing. In the book Frankenstein, the society had created an image for the Creature, calling him a monster, even though he wasn’t, but eventually he became what the society thought of him to be because “whatever.” Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein, using the Creature and his tragic story, portrays the theme that society creates evil by encompassing the idea that society sets standards, then judges people
Society creates certain standards that people abide and follow, and if a person doesn’t meet the requirements of that standard he is looked down upon. Society creates such standards where it is only understandable for a person to talk to someone of their class, or someone of a good appearance. In the beginning of the book, Walton expresses his thoughts in a letter, and in those he says that none of the shipmen are worthy of him, but as soon as Victor is aboard, Walton is admiring him due to his attractiveness. Walton states “He must have been a noble creature in his better days, being now in wreck so amiable and attractive” (12). Victor is worthy of Walton because of his looks and also Victor seems to be someone of upper class. The book starts of clearly by showing the set standards of society. Victor Frankenstein has been brought up with these societal norms, where a person is based on how he or she looks from the outside. The Creature wasn’t born evil, but the
In the book, people not only looked down upon Creature, they also labeled him as a monster. Creature isn’t born a monster, he is so innocent that to a point, he doesn’t realize why is he being labeled and judged. While sharing his tale with Victor, the Creature refers to his times in the village, “I remembered the treatment I had suffered the night before from the barbarous villagers… endeavouring to discover the motive which influenced their action.” (91). Victor and the society never gave Creature a chance, just because Creature didn’t meet their appearance standards, they announced him to be a monster. Creature’s first murder of Victor’s brother isn’t even intended. Creature is only curious to talk to William, but William yells out harsh judgmental words, and in the process of silencing the boy, Creature accidentally kills him. William would’ve been alive, if he hadn’t labeled and stated “monster! Ugly wretch! You wish to eat me and tear me to pieces,” (122). After this, the Creature goes on a killing spree, but only if the society hadn’t labeled him, the story would’ve been completely different. The Creature was tagged and blamed as a monster, and the society wouldn’t even give him a chance to prove himself, so he didn’t even bother trying to be good. If society hadn’t frustrated the Creature with all the misconceptions they created of him,and gave him one