Vulnerability...who is and why?

What makes a character vulnerable?  How do we as readers percieve, react to and reach judgement on characters that exhibit a vulnerable side?  Are they endearing or distasteful...why?

What is an Archetype?

An archetype is an ORIGINAL model or pattern from which later copies are made.  Really, it's what sets the "bar" for everything that follows.  Mary Shelly, 19 at the time Frankenstein was written, created a masterpiece of the macabre, a "horror" novel that terrorized readers not simply by the "creature", but by the reality that they, themselves, could be monstrous, as humans, in their streotypical and bigoted way that they treat each other.

ARCHETYPES...Really?

What archetypes are portrayed throughout the novel, Frankenstein?