The gothic novel Frankenstein emphasizes the substantial impact people in society have on an individual’s mentality, through the creature’s gradual fall into an abominable character as a result of his hostile environment and scarring interactions. The creature himself only becomes this repulsive monster we hear and read about because of his prolonged exposure to violence, neglect, and abuse throughout the novel during what would be considered the critical phases of his cognitive development, concluding that personalities are affected more by nurture than they are by nature.
From the instance the creature was conceived he experienced the pains of rejection from his father Victor Frankenstein, the one who is supposed to dote upon him like a mother would upon the long awaited newborn child. Based solely on nature the creature should have been breathtakingly stunning, with only the best features handpicked for his creation; however, instead the creature is breathtakingly gruesome. The novel successfully uses extreme words such as convulsed, unearthly ugliness, and shriveled to…