Theme Of Monstrosity In Frankenstein

Monsters are imaginary creatures that humans created. People’s fears, worries, or anxieties have been used to create the fictional monsters. Monsters have features that society deem to be scary or bad. The novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and the novella The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka follow the story of a 'monster'. Pushed away from society, and labeled as an outcast, the monster is often hurt by the people around it. However, the monsters in these stories were not always monsters. They were once simple creatures, loving and kind, who were pushed away by society, turned into outcasts and deemed unfit to live among the rest of society. Once deemed unfit for society, both Frankenstein's monster and Gregor turned towards monstrosity. Both
Frankenstein’s monster tried to become friends with humans and tried to love them. Gregor tried to go back to work and continue to help his family, regardless of his new deformity. However both are treated with hostility and treated as monsters. After a while, Frankenstein’s monster becomes the monster that he is accused of being. Gregor, although never doing anything to hurt his family, is continually treated as a monster and eventually he starts to believe them. Gregor, without his sister to care for him at first, may have become more evil, but those small acts of kindness committed by his sister, prevented him from becoming the monster everyone thought he was. Frankenstein’s monster was not lucky enough to face such kindness. He was never met with kindness, not even by his creator, and because of that he learned how to hate and how to get revenge by harm. Frankenstein’s monster and Gregor were told they were monsters, and were not shown otherwise. After being submitted to monstrous acts, Frankenstein’s monster began to commit them, while Gregor began to believe them. A creature who is treated like a monster, and saw as a monster will learn that that is how they must be, and that is how a monster is