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Staples Connection

In Staples' essay he comes to the realization that to others he was intimidating and to some down right scary. He came to the conclusion that he knew that he could alter public space. In Mary Shelley's quote she is referring to the same kind of feelings. She identifies the persona other people gave her as a "wretch" and a "miserable monster" and whether it was her race culture and/or gender she had an impact on society and the people around her and it changed the way she viewed herself as well, and in this case it was a negative connotation.

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Staples vs. Shelley

"I beheld the wretch-the miserable monster I had created" - Shelley

Staples may also see himself as a monster. Not because he sees himself as one but because everyone else seems to think he is. Staples understands that the stereotypes that comes with being black. Society created this miserable monster Staples unfortunately comes across as. Staples also does the same thing about white people ironically at the end of his essay. He uses classical music to calm us white folks of his potentially scary bearded, crazy hair appearance.

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Staples/ Shelly Quote

"I beheld the wretch-the miserable monster I had created" -Mary Shelly

Much like the Staples essay, this quote deals with stereotypes and predisposed generalizations given to those people which the "standard" does not understand. Why does the monster in the poem automatically have to be miserable? On the other hand, how is the black man in the story automatically dangerous, given his race and stature? In a way, society expects to be victimized by these "outcasts" when in reality, it is the opposite. Stereotypes and generalizations not only exclude them from being acceptable, but victimize them for their characteristics.

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"I beheld the wretch - the misrable monster I had created." -Mary Shelley The connection between Shelley's quote and Staples' essay is that they're both about stereotypes. The monster and the tall black man are judged just the same. People see them and they get scared and want to run away. When really these characters are the actual victims. People judge them in their appearance rather than who they are, and they're assumption of a stereotype is in fact wrong.

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"I behold the wretch - the miserable monster I had created."

- Mary Shelley

The connection between this quote and Staples' essay is quite distinct. In Shelley's quote she pertains to revel in the main subject of the monster of Frankenstein. When compared to Staples' essay, the "monster" is Staples himself. People perceived him as being brutal or dangerous, just because of his race. Society is what had changed him to form into the image that they wanted him to become. He eventually began to believe in the monster in which the world around him had created. He would move about in ease when in the presence of anyone. He would whistle Vivaldi, as to assure everyone that he was an okay guy. He would do things to ease there fear, to let them believe that for the time being, he was not a monster.

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Staples

"I beheld the wretch - the miserable monster I had created." - Mary Shelley Marry Shelley's quote relates to Staple's essay because as Shelley has created a monster, Staples posses the ability to create a monster in every situation he walks into. Although Shelley's monster remains unknown from just this short quote, Staple's monster is the ability to create fear. One step to close and women go running for safety. One step into the wrong building and security goes calling for back up. Everywhere he goes he is given looks, questioned of being a criminal. His race has created a monster of fear, relentless of his true harmlessness.

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"I beheld the wretch, the miserable monster I had created." ~Mary Shelley

This quote is a direct parallel to the encounters Staples has in the piece. Each time he's judged and discriminated against, or taken for a criminal because of his race and appearance, we have to remember that society created this stereotype throughout the years. Dr. Victor Frankenstein created his own creature, borne from his ego and ambition, but he was repulsed by it, and therefore discarded it as property that was no longer of worth. He didn't realize that the creature was its own being now. Similarly, in the early 50's, around when the suburbs came into existence, "white flight" created a divide between the Caucasian and the African-American populations. The latter were often isolated in poorer areas, which is what caused a lot of crime. This eventually led to that stereotype, and many African-American men like Staples couldn't escape it, no matter what their disposition or intentions. 

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Staples

“I beheld the wretch-the miserable monster I had created.” -Mary Shelley 

This quote is relates to Staples essay because of how other people react to him. Being a tall black man he feels he can not walk the streets of Chicago at night with out being feared. The so called "monster" is the stereotype that other people have created for him. People just assume when they seem him that he is going to do them harm. It can also be looked at that Staples himself is the monster, that people are terrified of because of his race.