Mary Shelly's romantic novel Frankenstein exposes the idea of ​​evil as a spiral of character corruption, which is naturally benevolent, caused by society's rejection and intolerance. Molière Tartuffe's enlightened comedy expresses evil as a selfish and hedonistic pursuit of power fueled by individual motivations. These contrasting definitions of evil and its individual remedies allow us to explore the cultures behind their origins. The Enlightenment period focuses on individual evils that can be remedied by society as an authority figure, while the Romantic period focuses on a degradation of character that ultimately becomes evil due to external forces that can only be remedied with the intervention of a humanistic society. Shelly elucidates human vulnerability towards evil by exploring the relationship between Victor Frankenstein and his miserable creation. It is clear from the beginning that Victor set out to create this beast to gain a level of divine recognition: “A new species would bless me as its creator and source” (Shelly 54). However, Shelly demonstrates a different connection than that between God and creation. Victor also willingly compares himself to the father of a child: “No father could claim the gratitude of his child so completely as I should deserve theirs” (Shelly 54). It becomes quite ironic that the first action this father takes when he sees his son come to life is to run away from it. He detests his creation based solely on his appearance; However, it's hard to believe that Victor didn't notice the creature's appearance as he was sewing it together, limb by limb. The monster reminds Victor several times of his paternal debt “I am your creature,...... middle of paper......his hand does not believe that society could have intervened in Tartuffe's plot. It shows, through the numerous times Orgon's family attempted to dissuade and prevent Tartuffe from carrying out his plan, that the only entity capable of quickly understanding and resolving the dilemma is the king. they belong to very different legal spectrums. Tartuffe committed the crimes of extortion and fraud, which in today's society carry a low moral stigma. The creature instead committed the crime of murder, which carries with it a very high moral and social stigma. You would rather have an extortionist in your house than a murderer. Today, no one would view the creature as a victim, but would see poor Truffle as a redeemable man who simply tried to gain an advantage in the world in the wrong way..