Characteristics Of The Human And The Monster In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

As we dive into the classic novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley we soon realize that there the way she describes the characters creates a very distinct picture of the humans and the monster. Mary Shelley description of the human and the monster serve to create an image who is the good one and who is the evil one. Although this is controversial because as the novel progresses we see how the characters don’t always follow the norm of their description. Shelley starts the novel describing Victor’s youth, here we get to see the characteristics pretending to typical humans personalities. Victor starts by showing how his father, “came like a protecting spirit to the poor girl” (p.19) his mother. Shelly is describing a very human like characteristic, attending to people’s needs. The poor girl was alone after her father died and his father rescued the girl from poverty and misfortune. Victor then continues on to describing yet another time his …show more content…
After running away the monster had to find a way of surviving because after all he was partly human and needed food to survive. He hunted in the beginning but soon discovered a cottage where he hid during the day and observed the family. The monster would take some of the food they grew in the garden but soon he realized the family was suffering due to him eating some of the food. The monster explains, “I found that in doing this I inflicted pain on the cottagers, I abstained, and satisfied myself with berries, nuts and root, which I gathered from neighboring wood” (p.77). The monster is very observant and notices that he is causing harm and decides no longer to be a part of others suffering. This trait makes him human because one doesn’t expect a monster to be considerate of others whereas humans do so. Therefore we get a glimpse at the good in the