In Mary Shelly’s novel, Frankenstein, Dr Victor Frankenstein turned his creation in to a Monster directly through his lack of empathy, and lack of positive emotion to the creature. From the beginning, Frankenstein’s physical and mental condition mirror’s his feelings of hatred and disgust aimed at the Monster he created. “How can I describe my emotions at this catastrophe, or how delineate the wretch whom with such infinite pains and care I had endeavored to form?” (Shelley, 45) Frankenstein refuses to accept responsibility for his actions, or for his creation and as such abandons him. Frankenstein ran out of the room as quickly as he could as his creation came to life and didn’t see it for another two years. During the two years of separation,
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The creation risked its life to save another in a great act of valor. Instead of being rewarded by an embrace of acceptance and love, it was rewarded with hate, anger and anguish. “This was then the reward of my benevolence! I had saved a human being from destruction, and as a recompense I now writhed under the miserable pain of a wound which shattered the flesh and bone. The feelings of kindness and gentleness which I had entertained but a few moments before gave place to hellish rage and gnashing of teeth. Inflamed by pain, I vowed eternal hatred and vengeance to all mankind. But the agony of my wound overcame me; my pulses paused, and I fainted." (Shelley, …show more content…
The creation starts to realize and learn more and more about humans even though he isn’t human. It starts to make friends and listen to their conversations, but eventually comes to the realization that it very much different to a human. It’s listens enviously to its friends telling each other stories about their own family, and starts to think about its own lack of family. "But where were my friends and relations? “No father had watched my infant days, no mother had blessed me with smiles and caresses; or if they had, all my past life was now a blot,
The creation risked its life to save another in a great act of valor. Instead of being rewarded by an embrace of acceptance and love, it was rewarded with hate, anger and anguish. “This was then the reward of my benevolence! I had saved a human being from destruction, and as a recompense I now writhed under the miserable pain of a wound which shattered the flesh and bone. The feelings of kindness and gentleness which I had entertained but a few moments before gave place to hellish rage and gnashing of teeth. Inflamed by pain, I vowed eternal hatred and vengeance to all mankind. But the agony of my wound overcame me; my pulses paused, and I fainted." (Shelley, …show more content…
The creation starts to realize and learn more and more about humans even though he isn’t human. It starts to make friends and listen to their conversations, but eventually comes to the realization that it very much different to a human. It’s listens enviously to its friends telling each other stories about their own family, and starts to think about its own lack of family. "But where were my friends and relations? “No father had watched my infant days, no mother had blessed me with smiles and caresses; or if they had, all my past life was now a blot,