Analysis of poem"Mushrooms" By Sylvia Plath

The outcast usually has nothing to lose , and is often given an almost superhuman sense of determination or drive . According to Susan Tyler Hitchcock , the outcast and the monster are a giant daring to challenge the prevailing god (Hitchcock 52 . Hitchcock also notes that , With Victor Frankenstein playing God , his monster could be either Adam or Satan (Hitchcock 56 . Shelley presents the idea that the monster 's course of action could have been changed if Frankenstein 's attitude towards him had been different . The monster murdered Frankenstein 's bride out of anger

and vengeance , neither of which would have been there if Frankenstein had complied with his request or even tried to help him in any way . This illustrates the concepts of the relationships and the power between man and God , and who was ultimately responsible for man 's actions , that were being explored in the literary world at the time

A modern example of the outcast archetype can be seen in Michael Oher in the recent movie , The Blind Side . The true story introduces Michael Oher , an African American youth that is an outcast from his own culture and is taken in by a white family and given a second chance at an education and life . He eventually goes on to be accepted into their society and even became an NFL player , but his life began as an outcast In the film , it is unclear whether he is a voluntary outcast or has been cast out by others . It depicts him being taken from his drug addict mother , but then it also shows him voluntarily leaving the family he had been staying with and walking the streets alone . So it seems that he was a voluntary outcast at first because he couldn 't find anywhere he fits in . When...