Essay On The True Monster In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

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Nothing feels worse than being rejected by society because of one’s appearance. In the novel, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, the true monster is Dr. Victor Frankenstein because of his attitude towards his creation. Even though the creature seeks revenge on his creator, Victor is responsible for its actions because he abandon his creation in the world without giving proper care.
One reason why Victor is considered the true monster is because he ran away from a creature that he created. When Victor awakens the creature, it act as a newborn child with no knowledge of the world. “It has all the eagerness and optimism of a young child” (Morality without God, 2). However, the first thing the creature saw was his creator being scared and leaving the
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The creature has always been innocent from the very beginning because it has no knowledge of the world he is in. Because Victor abandon the creature, it is alone and depressed because he is living a life without a companionship. The creature observes the world with confusion. He comes across cottagers which he uses as his observations “to create his own ideals of humanity” (Morality without God, 2). “I learned, from the views of social life which his developed, to admire their virtues and to deprecate the vices of mankind” (Shelley, 124). The creatures’ desires is to be part of the cottagers’ lives and for them to love him. This represents a connection that the create felt between him and the rest of humanity. However, the creature is rejected by society because of his disturbing appearance. He feels “emotional and psychological reactions” because of “stress and fear” (Morality without God, 2). “He is a being that has been misguided and rejected by society” (Frankenstein: The True Monster, 3). It is through the constant rejection and environmental interactions that the creature seeks revenge against his

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