Prejudice is defined as preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience. Shelley's story has two that come to the fore: racism and sexism. The first one that the monster really had to face is racism. In the case of the monster, although he cannot be classified into a single race or ethnic group, like most people who are victims of prejudice, he is in the minority. His situation goes even further, with him being the only one of his kind, leaving him with nothing and no one to join his cause. He proves to be as sophisticated and knowledgeable as everyone around him, but he has never been given the chance to prove it. Some critics have also speculated that Mary Shelley made believe that the monster also represented the repression of women in her time, stating: "The monster seems to be in a parallel position with women in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries century" ("The Education of a Monster: a feminist reading of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein"). In Tómasson's essay it is said that "it seems that Shelley was trying to reveal the weak condition of women in society" and that, unlike women of that time, the monster learns to "take care of himself after being abandoned by his creator, learning how to read and write" (“The Education of a Monster”). The monster in this case represents a strong and independent woman who can build a life for herself