social expulsion. Chapter 3 investigates the constructedness of female
beauty in Heinrich von Kleist's Das Kathchen von Heilbronn while
Chapter 4 focuses on Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and the consequences
of negative judgments against non-Europeans. Each of these authors
demonstrates their political and social consciousness, and each author
reappropriates ugliness as a valuable weapon against social prejudices.
This dissertation addresses this historical juncture, specifically how
ugliness assumes a useful function in philosophical and social views.