Comparing and Contrasting the Book and Play Version of Shelleys Franke

Do not judge a discussion by its cover. Those are the words of a famous American precept that says a persons character cannot be judged based on their coming into court. This proverb is very fitting in regards to the whale from Frankenstein. On the outside, he has a terrible appearance, and as a result is victimized and do to suffer by those who cannot see past his looks. Yet he has a kind soul and is simply looking for happiness and a exact compassion from others. Both the carry and the play present him as a sufferer in a cruel world but in the long run the book does a better job portraying his pain and eliciting empathy from the reader. The monster in the book details his suffering in greater detail, is more than(prenominal) eloquent and persuasive and also experiences a more tragic ending, and as a result the reader feels more sympathy towards him than an audience fraction would feel towards the monster in the play.The greater detail provided by the book about the monste rs experiences allows the reader to sympathize with the monster more so than an audience member. When the Frankenstein monster is retelling the story of the hardships he has endured, he mentions events that were miss in the play. One example of this is when the monster saved a filles life. Such an act would normally be considered very big and receive much praise under any circumstances, but kinda the monster is rewarded by being shot, receiving only the miserable pain of a wound which shattered the flesh and bone. (Shelley 135) The book also examines the months of hard clip the creature put into knowledge about human nature and lyric poem in order to be fully accepted when he chose to see himself. The monster hid by the cottage for around a year, listening and learning during t... ...derstand, but he did everything within his power to fit in. He well-tried his best to help others, wanting nothing but acceptance in return. Yet he was cursed with a monstrous appearance. This was the one attribute he had no control over, but it was the one that negated all his sizable intentions in the eyes of society, causing him a tremendous amount trial and eventually leading him to do some terrible things. If his monstrous appearance is just one example of any characteristic looked down upon by society, then his story is a powerful lesson for any reader. It brings to light the tribulation and pain inflicted possibly unknowingly by society onto those that do not fit in. Taking that into consideration, there remains a simple apparent motion who really was the monster in the novel?Work CitedShelley, Mary. Frankenstein. Ed. Susan J. Wolfson. New York Longman, 2003.