Throughout the two novels, Frankenstein and R.U.R., we see different points of view on what it is to be human. Throughout Frankenstein we see that no one thinks the creature is a human, but while reading the novel we think what it means to be human. The creature has emotions, moral compass, but the only thing he doesn't have is a companion. In R.U.R., the Robots are very similar to humans and even more efficient. They are given a soul towards the end of the story and the Robots think of themselves as a better version of humans. The only thing the Robots can not do is reproduce because they are not fertile. The Robots and Frankenstein's creature are very similar because they are both superior in a sense to humans. The Robots are smarter and more intelligent and the creature is stronger, faster, and bigger.
The creature labels himself as a non-human in one of his speeches to his creator. The creature says this because he feels that no one can look past his hideousness and show him compassion. What is it to be human? Humans should be able to have abstract thoughts, be able to develop and learn language, and have the ability to solve problems. I believe that both the creature and the Robots have the ability to do all of these. The only thing that the two of them do not have is the ability to reproduce, the creature is not smart enough to make a wife for himself, and the Robots can not re-create each other because they must be taught how to do everything. For this reason alone they can not be human because they can not reproduce.
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