Social Ostracization within FrankensteinOne of the powerful images evoked by the words "gothic novel" is that of a dark form rising from a mysterious place, the monster of Frankenstein rising from a laboratory table, Dracula crawling. from his coffin, or, more generally, the slow opening of a crypt to reveal a dark and obscure figure, all of which share in common the concept of social ostracization of both creator and creature. Gothic writing can be traced back centuries, Shelly immediately comes to mind with Frankenstein as well as Matthew Gregory Lewis's The Monk and Bram Stoker's Dracula can all be associated with social ostracization. The concept of alienation from refuge, dismissal, and pain are all themes in these novels. The 1818 edition of Frankenstein tells us that Shelly's "chief concern" in writing the novel was limited to "avoiding the enervating effects of the novels of the present, and to exhibiting the pleasantness of domestic affection and of the excellence of universal virtue”. In the new edition of Frankenstein published in 1831, Shelly brings her own personal flaws with the present and is subtle in interpreting her personal views on life to those of society in her novel, which could come from her family's influences . These opinions on the novel can be represented in several ways, Shelly uses the monster to represent the grotesque society she grew up in. The monster represents social ostracization through self-destruction after having a taste of love and passion through the Delacey family, only for him to be taken away. Victor Frankenstein also represents this through the lack of his own love and passion due to the death of...... middle of paper ...... the creature after being born and rejected by its creator escapes in the woods where he was. is nothing more than a monster, an animal. He then joined the Delacey family, he studied them for many months, learning about love, passion and stability. After being discovered, he is forced to flee and once again finds himself faced with rejection, pain and suffering. Not only emotionally is the monster rejected, but also physically, having been created from the body parts of corpses, he is made from the dead, the forgotten. Not giving the creature a name adds to the denial of a personality's individuality. Thus, in all its aspects, the monster is denied to almost everyone, which has led it to emotionally and physically self-destruct..