Friday, April 15, 2011

Frankenstein and Imperialism connected

In Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein ,there's a connection between the creature and the British Empire. The creature is representative of what was going on in the british empire, during the time of Imperialism. In the beginning the creature doesnt know he is different. The creature is feared by everyone because he is clearly different(his phsycial appearance being one), but the fear of the unknown. After trying to socialize and getting poor reactions the creature starts to figure that to be accepted he would need to first learn the language.  This is just like how other counties felt like when the Btit's came into there countries. They did not know what to expect because they never experienced anything like it.

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