Significance of de Lacey Family

18 March 2012
Significance of De Lacey Family
The only thing Frankenstein desires is to be accepted by the people and as well as the De Lacey family. Now the question is: Why is it that no one wants to accept Frankenstein?   People should not always judge by looks, but instead look into the inner side of a person and listen to what they have to say because looks can be deceiving. The De Laceys’ significance ties with the creature and at the end he is judged by everyone and is left to do nothing more but kill himself.  
To begin with, Victor Frankenstein refers to the creature as a “new born baby” because he is a new human being to the world and is clueless on what’s going on around him.   He realizes that he is continuously being judged for his ugliness and “learns that when he approaches the De Lacey family, he ‘ought not to make the attempt until he first becomes master of their language; which knowledge might enable him to make them overlook the deformity of his figure”(Chao 2). Mr. De Lacey on the other hand is capable of hearing the Creature’s tale because since he is blind and cannot see, all he can do is listen to his words, which persuades him to believe he is sincere.   As you can see here, Mr. De Lacey is not only an unbiased friend but also the voice of reason.   If the De Lacey family didn’t stereotype so much, then they’d actually understand that the creature has a good heart and doesn’t mean to harm anyone in any vicious way.
The creature, in the De Laceys’ eyes, is viewed as “horrific the supernatural force” and he as well was aware of his monstrosity when he observed his own mirror image in a transparent pool and then came to the conclusion that he indeed looks like a scary, ferocious monster. The creature placed them in a common category like the others that exclude him.   “He uses the phrase “thy Creature” when speaking of himself to Victor, always in opposition to the designated of monster and always implying a shared culpability in his...