Renewable Energy Sources as a Part of the Solution to Limiting Global Warming

Society is an extremely powerful influence on the human mind. Humans are shaped by the negative and positive aspects that occur in one’s daily life from birth to death. Throughout the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, the results of experiencing life in a cruel society are shown. The human race is fast to cast aside people based on their placement and value in the world. The creation of the monster by Victor represents the idea that the formation of life is initially pure until society affects their mentality and actions. These actions have the ability to cause emotional distress and ultimately lead to death.

Victor creates a monster that experiences a great amount of emotional distress. The origin of this emotional suffering comes from the abandonment and neglect by Victor, the monster’s creator, and father figure. When the monster awakens for the first time by opening his eyes, Victor is overwhelmed with the emotion of terror. Shelley states “ but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart. Unable to endure the aspect of the being I had created, I rushed out of the room”. By running away from the monster during his first encounter with society, Victor has ostracized him with his lack of affection and support. Victor cannot fathom the life he has created; he feels uneasy and nervous which defines the tone for the rest of the novel. With no support from Victor, the monster feels alone and mistreated. This state of emptiness causes the monster to act out. In adesperate attempt to find acceptance, the monster runs away from Victor only to find more rejection from society. The monster displays physical and mental personality traits that are deemed abnormal by the world. Society shuns the monster and shows him hatred without knowing his mental ability. The monster learns to resent his fellow creatures for their harsh actions against him.

The monster commits unspeakable acts of horror upon society to express his rage. His unsatisfiable rage is focused towards the human race, but mainly Victor. His loneliness and the fact that people think of him as untouchable adds to his fury. Shelley expresses this by stating “ I will work at your destruction, nor finish until I desolate your heart so that you shall curse the hour of your birth”. This quote explains the deep hatred felt by the monster. The monster wants to make Victor’s life full of agony to make up for the misery Victor inflicts upon him. The monster’s goal is to ruin Victor’s mental state by killing the people he loves most throughout the novel. The suffering felt by Victor only increases as more of his friends and family die until everything he once cherished is gone. Victor is powerless to stop the monster he creates from inflicting mass destruction on him and total strangers alike. The monster takes pride in how miserable and despondent he makes Victor’s life with these unspeakable acts of carnage. The monster feels death is the answer considering that is the strongest force of nature. Death can also be considered the strongest trauma a human can experience. Victor never thinks his creation of life will end up causing a pattern of deaths among society.

Growing up in an abusive environment gives rise to a lack of stability and normalcy. Society determines culturally acceptable behaviors. An individual must demonstrate these behaviors to assimilate into society successfully. Everyone experiences some form of rejection from society throughout their life. These levels of rejection are different among everyone. The more extreme the rejection of an individual, the more likely they are to lash out as the monster does. Every interaction starting from birth affects how an individual will function within society throughout their life. As demonstrated in the novel, Humans must consider the ramifications of their actions when treating individuals to prevent life-changing consequences throughout society.               

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