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This 6 page paper discusses the similarities in the way that Frankenstein treats his Creature in the novel Frankenstein, and Prospero treats Caliban in the play The Tempest.” Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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"monster" was treated very badly by his master, and in similar ways. Discussion There seems to be a huge gap between Shakespeares brilliant and musical words and Shelleys horrific story
of murder and revenge, but one can argue that the two "heroes" of the pieces both treat the "monsters" in these works with condescension and outright malice. There are three
aspects of each of these relationships that suggest the creatures are abused: in the first place, they are characterized as evil and despised; in the second, they are denied their
birthrights (acknowledgement of existence and possession of the island); finally, they are both denigrated as stupid and denied the chance to advance themselves, when they are in fact very intelligent.
The despised: We begin with Frankenstein, because the crime seems more egregious here than in Shakespeare. There can be no denying the fact that Victor Frankenstein stands in loco parentis
to the creature he creates; that is, he is its father in every sense except the biological one. He even says as much, and suggests that it and others like
it should be grateful to him for founding a new race of beings: "A new species would bless me as its creator and source; many happy and excellent natures would
owe their being to me. No father could claim the gratitude of his child so completely as I should deserve theirs" (Shelley, 1999, p. 67). Quite plainly, Frankenstein sees himself
as both a parent and a god. The duty of any parent is to love his children and provide for their wellbeing. But Frankenstein does neither; he is so
horrified by what he has done that he cannot bear to look at his creation; in fact, he considers it evil; he refers to the Creature as a "demoniacal corpse"
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