Frankenstein Vs. Scarlet Letter Loss of Innocence
When you think of innocence, you would usually associate it with youth. Loss of innocence is connected with evil, however, it can be connected to many other things. It is culture specific and involves society. Really it doesn’t matter what type of society or group you're in, there is always more than one way to lose one’s innocence and every person involved in that society or group will eventually experience loss of innocence at a point in their life.
The monster in Frankenstein is created out of the interest of life. The doctor in the novel created this huge monster and he immediately rejected it. “ "I did not dare return to the apartment which I inhabited but felt impelled to hurry on, although drenched by the rain which poured from a black and comfortless sky"(44). This rejection is the main reason why the monster hates human. If Victor Frankenstein were to stick with the monster, the monster would have still just been like an innocent baby. Hester in the Scarlet Letter is very unaware of how judgemental and unfair the Puritan society and this ultimately leads…show more content… These people also rejected him making him mean and vicious, he kills a person and makes it look like someone else did it. “"I was like a wild beast that had broken the toils, destroying the objects that obstructed me and ranging through the wood with a staglike swiftness"(121). The person accused, of course, is innocent making the Dr. even more guilty for creating the monster and even more revengeful. Victor commits to finding a way to getting rid of the monster.
Many characters in both Frankenstein and the Scarlet letter lose their innocence because of the way they acted and responded to their decisions or the way they influenced others and their life. Innocence is an experience that is unforgettable whether good or bad. Both of these novels have
