Safie

Frankenstein
Mary Shelley

The characterization of Safie seems to play a more significant role in Frankenstein. Shelley characterizes Safie as an Arabian who has been taken in by the cottagers. However, the creature feels some sort of connection to Safie. This connection is reinforced by hope from the creature. Like the creature's character, Safie's character seems to be foreign to the cottagers. "I soon perceived that although the stranger uttered articulate sounds, and appeared to have a language of her own, she was neither understood by, nor herself understood, the cottagers"(Shelley, 82). The fact that Safie had to learn the language of the cottagers showed a similarity between herself and the creature. The creature felt that if Safie could conform to the life of the cottagers, then he could as well. The characterization of Safie's foreign qualities provide an aspect of hope for the creature to be accepted. This hope continues to build within the creature. I feel as though this hope will only be torn down though.