However when the creature is brought to life it is portrayed as a large, grotesque beast which creates the sense that he is a monster right from the beginning. “His yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath; his hair was of a lustrous black and flowing; his teeth of pearly whiteness; but these luxuriances only formed a more horrid contrast with his watery eyes, that seemed almost of the same colour as the dun-white sockets in which they were set, his shrivelled complexion and straight black lips.” Typically in gothic/horror novel the source of evil is monstrous and ugly, just like how Frankenstein's creature is described. After Frankenstein realizes that his creation is not what he was expecting, he is quick to abandon it and go clear his head while the creature is left to fend for itself. The creature however is quickly portrayed as a monster when Frankenstein is quickly awoken to find the the creature with it’s hand outstretched towards him. He ran in panic and left the creature completely alone and tried to forget about his
However when the creature is brought to life it is portrayed as a large, grotesque beast which creates the sense that he is a monster right from the beginning. “His yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath; his hair was of a lustrous black and flowing; his teeth of pearly whiteness; but these luxuriances only formed a more horrid contrast with his watery eyes, that seemed almost of the same colour as the dun-white sockets in which they were set, his shrivelled complexion and straight black lips.” Typically in gothic/horror novel the source of evil is monstrous and ugly, just like how Frankenstein's creature is described. After Frankenstein realizes that his creation is not what he was expecting, he is quick to abandon it and go clear his head while the creature is left to fend for itself. The creature however is quickly portrayed as a monster when Frankenstein is quickly awoken to find the the creature with it’s hand outstretched towards him. He ran in panic and left the creature completely alone and tried to forget about his