Nature Of Good And Evil In Frankenstein

When we first meet him, Emil hardly seems like much of a hero, much less a Knight of Ratatosk: he's quiet, timid to the point of frustration (on Richter's end, at least), and incredibly submissive-- which is understandable, given his background. Due to the fact that monsters suddenly started appearing around Luin when he arrived, many of the townspeople there call him a monster and fear and/or shun him; Emil himself says nothing to contradict them and simply allows them to treat him badly because he's too frightened to stand up for himself. Even his aunt and uncle constantly berate him and tell him how things would be so much better if they'd never taken him in. As a result, Emil has learned that keeping his head down, staying quiet, and apologizing for everything (even when it's not his fault) is the best way to get other people to leave him alone. He's resigned himself to not having any friends not because he doesn't want any, but because he just feels that no one would want to be friends with someone like him.

And then he meets Richter, who teaches him that courage is the magic that turns …show more content…
One side effect of Emil's lack of friendships and general human interaction manifests in the tendency he has to sometimes just put his foot right in his mouth and not even realize he's done so. At one point, after tasting another party member's cooking, he grows teary with joy and announces that he didn't realize that women could cook... right in front of Marta. He has a bad habit of just saying whatever he's thinking without realizing the implications of his words, and while he never means to act maliciously, he can end up hurting feelings in the process. It's more that he's just a very honest person who sometimes lacks filters; whenever he realizes that he's offended someone, he's quick to apologize for it. Making someone else feel bad is the very last thing he wants to