Frankenstein 2

Oxymoron - The monster Frankenstein created, even though using human remains, resembles nothing close to a human. Frankenstein’s monster is portrayed as being a devil or “hellish” being. If society had accepted the monster maybe Frankenstein’s creation would not have been shown in this way. The monster says “I gazed on my victim, and my heart swelled with exultation and hellish triumph…” (Shelley, 206). This oxymoron shows the monster’s joy in inflicting pain on the society which shunned him and his creator. The same attitude as the monster can be seen in today’s society. Perhaps acts of violence such as the tragedy at Columbine could have been avoided if society was more accepting of those that were not exactly main stream.