Racism Monstrosity and Labeling. Crane's The Monster and Shelley's Frankenstein

Essay from the year 2015 in the subject Didactics - English - Literature Works grade: 10.0 course: English 102 language: English abstract: This paper will explore Stephen Crane''s 1898 novella The Monster in a critical race approach. Inside this theme there will be discussions based on alienation class distinctions race relations racism labeling and especially the mob violence a movement very popular among the population of the 1890s - a period of intense and horrifying racial violence where many laws were created to prevent African Americans from integrating in society the appearance of race labeling and the lynch. Also it will incorporate passages from Mary Shelley''s Frankenstein trying to compare and contrast the role that alienation plays in both stories. I will also try to discuss criminality on my research applying Becker''s (1963) labeling theory on all examples provided.