Реферат: The JudgeS Wife By Isabel Allende Essay

shriveled complexion and strait black lips.? (Shelly, 56)

In viewing the above passage, much of the same type of character definition can be

seen; very similar to the manner in which Allende casts her deformed mold of her

creature, Nicholas.

Beyond merely presenting imagery to enhance the characters, the Allende also

supplies background information in order to enhance the readers understanding of how

the main character arrived at his current state. The author focuses on the main

character?s fatherless and loveless conception in order to accentuate how his

development occurred. In a similar fashion Allende?s character Nicholas Vidal was

conceived in a similar fashion as Frankenstein?s monster. Both are created and

ultimately rejected by their creators who attempt to destroy them. These horrid

monsters are invariably unwanted by their creators, thus their creators go to great

lengths to attempt to snuff out the lives of the creations in order that they not wreak

havoc upon the world. Both authors using this particular method of rejection to temper

the souls of their monsters to the hardness of iron (Allende, 423). In each case this

extreme form of temperament creates an almost supernatural being, filled with great

destructive forces.

Further extending upon the parallel roles of Nicholas and the Monster, a clear

outcasting from society also aids in their murderous temperament. Each character finds

himself rejected by society. The monster, from Frankenstein, is rejected by the family

he assists solely due to his grotesque appearance. In much the same way Nicholas is

assumed early on in his life by ?decent folk? to become a criminal due to the telling

marks on his face. It may well be said that though the Judge, in his strait laced figure,

may not have directly created Nicholas, yet in reality he probably did in deed, like the

rest of society, stereotyped and eventually outcast Nicholas based solely upon the scars

on his face. In each case the author makes use of societies tendency to categorize and

reject an individual based solely on their exterior shells, rather than probing the unique

individual.

To solely focus upon the main character within this story would be folly when making