Modern Society Issues Mirrored in Frankenstein - 1396 Words

Chowdhury 1 Issues of Society Past and Present The passage of time may bring about many new changes in American society but, conflict will always remain a constant in people’s lives. A number of moral problems occurring in the past continue to be prominent issues of modern society. In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, there is a correlation between the preeminent issues described in the novel and the morally unethical conflict occurring within modern society. Some problems are so deeply engraved in human society that they remain leading issues amongst people, despite the changes encompassing their day-to-day life brought on by the passing of time. One of the major issues in Frankenstein is crime. Whether it is genetic engineering or†¦show more content†¦There are many irresponsible parents in modern society who don’t take responsibility over their children. Many mothers are left to raise a child all by themselves while other children have no mother to care for them at all. The very unfortunate children a re left stranded by themselves with no one to care for them and guide them in the right direction. Abandonment is a serious crime that is getting worse now that more and more underage girls are having children and either abandoning them, or raising them without a father. Mary Shelley portrays this issue in her novel in the way Victor abandoned his creation soon after the Creature came to life. Although Victor knew what he was doing was wrong, he could not bear to stay with the Creature and left, leaving the Creature alone to fend for himself from the very beginning of his life. The Creature didn’t know what to do or how to really live and so struggled from the very moment it was created. â€Å"I, the miserable and the abandoned, am an abortion, to be spurned at, and kicked, and trampled on.† (Shelley 200) Another prominent issue with people today is the judging of one’s character based solely on their appearance. People are harsh with their words and quick to ju dge on another. This problem is especially seen with the younger generation of society, though is common amongst all people. Most people do not give others the honest chance to become well-acquainted because they have already judged the personShow MoreRelatedClueless: Social Class and Harriet Smith1179 Words   |  5 Pagesin Jane Austen’s Emma †¢ Through the transformation of Austen’s text, several elements have been transformed and contemporised in the Heckerling’s Clueless ââ€" ª Make-over/transformation ââ€" ª Role of women in patriarchal society ââ€" ª Struggles of social classes: the mobility and fluidity of the class structure ââ€" ª Societal commentary ââ€" ª Love and marriage (matchmaking, flirtation) †¢ The most important element of both Emma and CluelessRead MorePolitics and The English Language: George Orwell ´s Literature3705 Words   |  15 Pagesthe greatest social commentators of modern history. The thesis which spans over the body of Orwell’s work extrapolates upon the integral influence that writing has on society and to reinstate the integrity of the writer. Orwell’s essays have sparked a plethora of adverse and auxiliary opinions regarding the imperishability of his work, from those whom believe that his efforts are archaic, to those who believe that his craftsmanship of language addresses issues which had once been hidden. No matterRead MoreRomantic Elements in Frankenstein and the Fall of the House of Usher3538 Words   |  15 PagesRomantic elements in Frankenstein and The Fall of the House of Usher Mary Shelley’s novel, Frankenstein, and Edgar Allan Poe’s short story, The Fall of the House of Usher, although published in different periods, on different continents, have in common many of the main ideas that stood behind the literary movement of Romanticism (the sublime, the Romantic hero, imagination, isolation), combined with elements of the Gothic (the mysterious and remote setting dominated by a gloomy atmosphereRead MoreVictorian Novel9605 Words   |  39 Pagesgentlemen gathered in reading rooms. The idea of â€Å"manners† does sum up the social climate of middle-class England in the nineteenth century. However, if there is one transcending aspect to Victorian England life and society, that aspect is change. Nearly every institution of society was affected by rapid and unforeseeable changes.  As some writers greeted them with fear and others embraced the progress, this essay will guide a reader through an important era in English literary history and introduce