Deonte McLean
Mrs. Joyner
English IV
16, December 2015
Who is the real monster?
Victor Frankenstein’s creature is not a monster, but a victim in the society in which he was created. Ever since the birth of the creature, he has felt nothing but neglect and pain starting with his own creator, Victor Frankenstein, abandoning him. He’s just like an average human, minus a few qualities. Many people believe that he has no emotion, but even he feels pain emotionally and physically. Professors believe that the creature had no business murdering innocent people. However, the rejection of society drove the creature to the point of murdering people. There have been many debates on the character of the creature, but it was humanity’s ignorance that lead to their eventual downfall. …show more content…
Dr. Frankenstein spent countless nights accumulating knowledge and parts of a body so he could reanimate life, and when he successfully creates life from death, he becomes disgusted by his own creation. In the book, Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein claimed that he “trembled excessively; I could not endure to think of, and far less to allude to, the occurrences of the preceding night”(Shelley 37). Victor was so disgusted that he could not even be in the same room as his own creature. As the chapter progressed, Victor states, “I then reflected, and the thought made me shiver, that the creature whom I had left in my apartment might still be there, alive and walking about. I dreaded to behold this monster, but I feared still more that Henry should see him”(Shelly 38). The feeling of neglect in the creature would be a feeling that he would know for the rest of his
Mrs. Joyner
English IV
16, December 2015
Who is the real monster?
Victor Frankenstein’s creature is not a monster, but a victim in the society in which he was created. Ever since the birth of the creature, he has felt nothing but neglect and pain starting with his own creator, Victor Frankenstein, abandoning him. He’s just like an average human, minus a few qualities. Many people believe that he has no emotion, but even he feels pain emotionally and physically. Professors believe that the creature had no business murdering innocent people. However, the rejection of society drove the creature to the point of murdering people. There have been many debates on the character of the creature, but it was humanity’s ignorance that lead to their eventual downfall. …show more content…
Dr. Frankenstein spent countless nights accumulating knowledge and parts of a body so he could reanimate life, and when he successfully creates life from death, he becomes disgusted by his own creation. In the book, Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein claimed that he “trembled excessively; I could not endure to think of, and far less to allude to, the occurrences of the preceding night”(Shelley 37). Victor was so disgusted that he could not even be in the same room as his own creature. As the chapter progressed, Victor states, “I then reflected, and the thought made me shiver, that the creature whom I had left in my apartment might still be there, alive and walking about. I dreaded to behold this monster, but I feared still more that Henry should see him”(Shelly 38). The feeling of neglect in the creature would be a feeling that he would know for the rest of his