We Are Frankenstein
We were all taught that the moral of the story is that man cannot play god to control nature. What if that wasn't the message? What if The Creature is the physical manifestation of the seemingly uncontrollable abomination inside everyone? In other words, what if the message is that freakish thoughts and forms are nature?
What if the author is trying to challenge the idea of "normality?" What if the message is that the creature is as human as the doctor? I've read the book several times by now, and it's becoming one of my favorite books of all time. And from the book, I've interpreted the novel to be a critique of "normal" human morality. The author seems to argue that "freaks" are as much a part of nature as "normal" people. The author seems to promote the idea of individualism. In that, just because someone seems to be outside your particular perception of acceptable doesn't make them less normal, that just because someone does something that you don't do, or may not accept, doesn't mean that that person has done something wrong.
Frankenstein colors the world in gray. Some describes it as black with white impurity, others calls it white with black impurity. Nobody is wrong because there is no set rule of "yes or no." Thus to question other's behavior simply because it deviates from yours is to fear the creature and rejecting it from the norm.
Everyone's an individual. Everyone can provide opinions and suggestions. And anyone can accept or reject suggestions. Everyone is a freak inside. It's nature. Frankenstein was just smart enough to realize his nature.
And it is because everyone's an individual that nobody should be allowed to impose their beliefs on others' personal lives.
Published by Robert
Hi, my name is Robert, and I'm a chronic video gamer. I'm currently a writer for PSBeyond, a Playstation focused gaming website. I'm also a student at the money vortex called University of California Irvine.... View profile
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Thought provoking article. I am embarrased to say I've never read Frankenstein!
This article is extremely deep - I feel the same as you regarding this book. Did not Frankenstein love his maker as we do our parents - did he not strive to be human and accepted. Yes in the book he does and even in some of the movies. I think you are on to something here Robert. If you look to the past writings of many authors they are filled with morals into what they felt was human actions and needs. Look at the nursery rhymes they were used to teach our children to be afraid of going into the woods and not to take things from others. People have always found a way to make the difference be different and then tried to explain how being different is normal. I love his article.