Frankenstein's Monster

I think Frankenstein's monster can easily be seen as a stand in for race, class, or gender.  I do not necessarily think the monster directly corresponds to race though, but rather on appearance, though I guess they can be argued to be one in the same.  I say this because it is the superficial judgement of someone/something that makes it scary or different.  In Frankenstein's monster's case his appearance was much different than the people that were seeing him.  It was because of this difference that the treatment of the monster could then be justified by the people seeing him.  In this light, I suppose it can be seen as a stand in for race.  Take the colonization of the Americas for example, the systematic depopulation of a land based solely on superficial judgements that supposedly justified the acts that were being committed.

As for class the parallel can be easily seen.  After Frankenstein creates the monster he abandons it and does not want anything to do with it.  By doing so the monster was then rendered homeless.  This seemed to play a large part in how the monster was received by people.  If I am not mistaken his first piece of clothing was some sort of cloak that he acquired along his travels?  I think that this characterization can be seen as a class allegory for the lower class.  The lower class is undesirable, an example of what not to become.  In the story Frankenstein's monster is painted as something undesirable and something that is set apart from the normal class of people.

Seeing the monster as a stand in for gender was a little more convoluted in my eyes.  I know in class we touched on the fact the Frankenstein denied his monster a companion (woman) but I am still not sure what to make of that decision in relation to gender.  It seemed that the conversation was leaning towards saying that the monster somehow symbolized men over women which I definitely do not see or get from the story.  One possible gender stand in that the monster could have represented was that a vagabond man would be much less attractive to offer condolence or help to than a woman.  I say this because there are obvious physical differences between man and woman.  If there are any gender allegories within this story I think this may be the most suitable.