In the book, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Victor Frankenstein is a mad scientist who gathers human corpses’ body parts which he acquired from charnel houses and graveyards. He composes a creature so hideous that he himself refrains from being anywhere near him. Everyone is frightened of the creature and the creature realizes that it is because of his appearance. He reminisces how even Frankenstein – his creator, his God – ran away from him. The creature feels rejected and promises to exact revenge on Frankenstein after he disregards the creature’s request to assemble a mate for the him. The creature is not created a monster, however he is turned into a monster after the treatment he receives from the society and his God, Victor Frankenstein.
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He has watched a family and learned new things from the family but he cannot help feel that there is something causing inconvenience in the cottagers’ family. The creature displays human-like emotions when he says, “If such lovely creatures were miserable, it was less strange that I, an imperfect and solitary being, should be wretched” (pg. 1). The creature displays the human emotional qualities of self-reflection and empathy. He discovers the cause of their uneasiness and concludes that it is poverty that hinders them from being pleased. As a direct result of this realization, he abstains from stealing food from their house. The creature is deciphering right from wrong. He now goes out and brings home “firing sufficient for the consumption of several days” (pg. 1). The creature presents qualities unshared and unlike one of a modern day monster. The creature wants to provide as much assistance as he possibly can to the cottagers. The creature feels pleasure when he does this when he states, “I observed, with pleasure, that he did not go to the forest that day, but spent it repairing the cottage and cultivating the garden” (pg. 2). The creature finds happiness when he makes other happy. The creature exhibits such characteristic not found in …show more content…
2). He listens to Felix’s hurtful comments and makes clear the fact that “for the first time the feelings of revenge and hatred fill my bosom, and I [he] did not strive to control them; but, allowing myself [himself] to be borne away by the stream, I [he] bent my [his] mind towards injury and death” (pg. 2). This marks the beginning of the end of the creature’s humanity. The explicit statement reveals to the reader that the creature is about to turn into a monster and lets the reader know that the creature himself realizes this fact. Up until this point, the creature has exhibited human like emotional qualities. This explains how monsters are created, not born. The creature was born a monster but society has molded him into a
He has watched a family and learned new things from the family but he cannot help feel that there is something causing inconvenience in the cottagers’ family. The creature displays human-like emotions when he says, “If such lovely creatures were miserable, it was less strange that I, an imperfect and solitary being, should be wretched” (pg. 1). The creature displays the human emotional qualities of self-reflection and empathy. He discovers the cause of their uneasiness and concludes that it is poverty that hinders them from being pleased. As a direct result of this realization, he abstains from stealing food from their house. The creature is deciphering right from wrong. He now goes out and brings home “firing sufficient for the consumption of several days” (pg. 1). The creature presents qualities unshared and unlike one of a modern day monster. The creature wants to provide as much assistance as he possibly can to the cottagers. The creature feels pleasure when he does this when he states, “I observed, with pleasure, that he did not go to the forest that day, but spent it repairing the cottage and cultivating the garden” (pg. 2). The creature finds happiness when he makes other happy. The creature exhibits such characteristic not found in …show more content…
2). He listens to Felix’s hurtful comments and makes clear the fact that “for the first time the feelings of revenge and hatred fill my bosom, and I [he] did not strive to control them; but, allowing myself [himself] to be borne away by the stream, I [he] bent my [his] mind towards injury and death” (pg. 2). This marks the beginning of the end of the creature’s humanity. The explicit statement reveals to the reader that the creature is about to turn into a monster and lets the reader know that the creature himself realizes this fact. Up until this point, the creature has exhibited human like emotional qualities. This explains how monsters are created, not born. The creature was born a monster but society has molded him into a