Comparing Frankenstein And Grendel's The Monster

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Grendel in the novel is very similar to The Monster in the novel Frankenstein due to the emptiness and aloneness each possesses from asking why they exist. With the feeling of being an outsider to the world, they fear to have no choice but to be feared without the love they both need from others. Towards the end of the novel Frankenstein, Victor finally comes face to face with the creature he has feared for so many years as it progressed on destroying his life. With the questions on why the monster did what he did to his life, he then forgets about what he has done to the monster when created. With the dream of bringing life into something far gone, once approached, the dream vanished turning it into a nightmare in which he wanted to banish for good. Leaving the monster with so many questions unanswered, he was left with nothing but the curiosity on what he is and why he is feared by people. "All men hate the wretched; …show more content…
Love was something the monster had always wanted to feel, emotions, everything that made a human a human. An offer that was made to Victor with leaving him alone forever out of his life if, he would create a female for the monster to live a life with happily. Victor then thought about taking the deal, but then thinks about what could happen such as what if she cannot be handled, what if they have offspring and a new species of monsters is created. "I do refuse it," I replied; "and no torture shall ever extort a consent from me. You may render me the most miserable of men, but you shall never make me base in my own eyes. Shall I create another like yourself, whose joint wickedness might desolate the world! Begone! I have answered you; you may torture me, but I will never consent.". As Victor was had his final answer, it left the monster filled with anger knowing he can never be happy while left alone in this big

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