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This 12 page paper argues in part that their terrible treatment of the Creature and Caliban led to these “monsters” despicable acts. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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that in both works, the "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
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