Humanity As A Monster In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

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Furthermore another direct cause of the creature becoming a monster is the way he is treated by humanity as a whole. In the novel the author clearly makes it a point to show the creatures feelings about the world and people who live in it. His experiences with individuals shapes his limited view of how humanity acts. When they treat his with hatred and prejudice it causes him to believe he should treat them with the same. He states this in his pronouncement that all mankind has become his enemy. “There was none among the myriads of men that existed that would pity or assist me; and should I feel kindness towards my enemies? No; from that moment on I declared everlasting war against the species, and more than all, against the one who had formed

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