Examples Of Injustice In Frankenstein

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Justice, can be described as a concept of people doing everything to achieve their goal in life or getting what they have coming to them, this can be break it down into different categories such as: personal and social. Justice can come from two points of view, ones definition of justice can be an injustice to another person. Throughout the story “Frankenstein” the reader can encounter several distinct, but controversial justices and injustices. Many of the justices in the novel, appear to be as reactions from other’s actions. One of the injustices that are found in the novel, is when Justine was accused of murdering William, which is Victor’s brother. Victor knew perfectly that Justine was innocent, and he didn’t do anything to defend her. He knew that the real criminal was his own creation, yet he let the unfairness …show more content…
After he learned history and understood the English language better, the monster started to understand that there is no one in the world like him and that everyone rejects him due to his physical appearance. Right away he believes that Victor did him an injustice for creating him and at the end abounded him. He demanded victor to create a monster just like him so he could have someone to relate too, after victor agreed to do it, he destroyed it in front of the monster. The monster seek for justice was revenge. He believed that by killing all of victor’s loved ones, he could feel the way the monster felt, which was being alone in the world. Although, one of the biggest injustices found in the novel was the creation of the monster, man should not have the power to control live, or give life to certain things. This controversy, comes between the idealistic of man creating life instead of women. Others may believe that the idea of a human creating life is playing God and that those type of practices should be

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