The Psychopathic Creature In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

The innocent creature from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein just might not be as innocent or sane as one might think. The creature in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is without a doubt a psychopath or even a sociopath when looking at the details in his lifestyle, and the violent acts he committed throughout the novel. Furthermore, when analyzing the creature from the novel it demonstrates multiple psychopathic and sociopathic qualities, such as something like his impulsive behavior or how aggressive, it is, or how it showed absolutely no remorse for all the people it killed. Throughout the creature’s life is a hidden world of a psychopathic killer that can explain all of his actions from beginning to end, from the creature’s first kill to it’s supposed remorse, it felt for all the people he killed at the end of the story. Consequently, one may feel pity for the supposed innocent creature, Victor Frankenstein created, but when …show more content…
The creature can be seen as either a psychopath or even a sociopath when looking at the details in his lifestyle, and the violent acts he committed throughout the novel. When looking at his lifestyle the reader sees he is a nomadic being that has little family interaction and no relationships. Looking at the creature's personality one sees that the creature is an impulsive, merciless monster with no empathy or concern for others with all the traits that mirror a psychopath and sociopaths personality. Finally when examining the creatures many violent actions the creature creates one can compare the crimes of psychopaths and sociopaths and see that the creatures way of killing is extremely similar to a psychotic criminal. This evidence can when analysed creates a strong argument for the idea that the creature is either a psychopathic or sociopathic