The word monster usually makes one conjure up thoughts of creatures brought up from the foul depths of hell. Their look can make anyone run away in fear of their life. But these are not the thoughts we have for the beasts in The Island of Dr Moreau, although they are the ones called monsters. What truly makes a monster? They way they look, or the way they act? Although they match the image (in Prendick’s eyes), their thoughts and actions betray this thought. But monsters are still on the island, and they are much worse than any creature that Moreau has created. The humans on the island are the real monsters due to how the Beast People act, the cruel and careless ways humans act to the Beast People, and how the humans are power hungry and rule
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They were power hungry and ruled them with fear. Moreau, Montgomery, and even Prendick ruled over the creatures with fear and pain. Moreau has rules to keep them in check and “Who breaks the law… goes back to the house of pain”(70). These rules give Moreau power above the animals and he harms whoever doesn’t obey them. When Moreau and Montgomery had died, Prendick worried about losing his grip on ruling over the Beast People for fear of his own safety: “Had I kept my courage up to the level of dawn, had I not allowed it to ebb away in solitary thought, I might have grasped the vacant sceptre of Moreau, and ruled over the Beast People”(91). It is here that Prendick shows that he doesn’t care about treating the Beast People fairly, but only cares about his own life, even though earlier on in the book, he fought for them to be treated fairly: “I went on shouting, I scarcely remember what. That Moreau could be killed; that they were not to be feared”(49). The change in thought through the book leads back to cruelty to the Beast People and Prendick’s only thought of his survival, leaving the rest to fend for themselves. It is this reasoning that proves that the men on the island are the true
They were power hungry and ruled them with fear. Moreau, Montgomery, and even Prendick ruled over the creatures with fear and pain. Moreau has rules to keep them in check and “Who breaks the law… goes back to the house of pain”(70). These rules give Moreau power above the animals and he harms whoever doesn’t obey them. When Moreau and Montgomery had died, Prendick worried about losing his grip on ruling over the Beast People for fear of his own safety: “Had I kept my courage up to the level of dawn, had I not allowed it to ebb away in solitary thought, I might have grasped the vacant sceptre of Moreau, and ruled over the Beast People”(91). It is here that Prendick shows that he doesn’t care about treating the Beast People fairly, but only cares about his own life, even though earlier on in the book, he fought for them to be treated fairly: “I went on shouting, I scarcely remember what. That Moreau could be killed; that they were not to be feared”(49). The change in thought through the book leads back to cruelty to the Beast People and Prendick’s only thought of his survival, leaving the rest to fend for themselves. It is this reasoning that proves that the men on the island are the true