De Frankenstein Research Paper

De Lacey is the elderly blind man who lives with his son and daughter in a cottage (Shelly 110). De Lacey is from Paris and his family were well respected citizens of Paris (Shelly 117). When his son tried to help out Safie’s father break out of prison the plan was discovered, and the Lacey’s were forced out of France and stripped of all their money (Shelly 117-120). They settled down in a cottage in Germany near where Frankenstein’s Monster now calls home. De Lacey, to me represents all the positive sides of humanity, because he plays guitar and tries to keep everyone happy during the winter time, and he is the only person we have met so far that has been nice to The Monster (Shelly 128). Frankenstein’s monster even recognizes how happy and
Up to this point in the story The Monster has already had 3 bad encounters with humans, first he was abandoned by his creator (Victor), second he was driven away from a house because of how he looked, and third he was driven out of a village because of his appearance again (Shelly 57, 99-100). This would traumatize me, but De Lacey talking to Frankenstein’s Monster and being so kind to The Monster would be very reassuring that not all humans are bad. When De Lacey says “Do not despair… the hearts of men, when unprejudiced by any obvious self-interest, are full of brotherly love and charity (Shelly 128). I would imagine that De Lacey saying that would lift the spirits of The Monster, until De Larcey’s kids get home that is. De Lacey is an important character for these chapters because of how he was kind to The Monster, and their interaction almost lets The Monster not hate humanity, but De Lacey’s son ruined their progress when he attacked The Monster trying to protect his
When De Lacey and his family lived in Paris Their family was well known and had enough money to support the family, however, we don’t know anything about how he acted so it’s hard to say he fit the role perfectly, but he does have at least a minimal amount in common with the role of men in the Romantic Era. When De Lacey moves to Germany and grows older he doesn’t fit the gender role at all. He becomes blind and doesn’t provide for the family in any way, that job goes falls on his son Felix (Shelly