*Frankenstein | E5: Of Beauties & Beasts

There is one question the novel really, really doesn't want to answer. What does the Creature look like? 

While Mary Shelley describes the Creature, we still never really get a good look at him. Considering the plot of the entire novel rests on his hideousness, he’s remarkably difficult to pin down. In this episode, we are going to be getting into why. Why is a novel that is so focused on beauty, or the lack thereof, so cagey about what this monster looks like, and what Mary Shelley is trying to tell us about appearance, monstrosity, and the bizarre terrain of our own bodies?