Frankenstein Research Paper

The monster acknowledges that his environment directly affected his behavior and personality. Growing and learning around the cottagers caused him to develop into a kind, caring, and helpful being. In contrast, the monster expresses that if he had learned to behave and act around someone such as a soldier, he wouldn't be the same. Upon the disappointed encounter with Felix, Agatha, and Safie, the monster no longer behaves the same. He expresses this when he says, “There was none among the myriads of men that existed who would pity or assist me; and should I feel kindness towards my enemies? No: from that moment I declared everlasting war against the species, and… sent me forth to this insupportable misery,” (Shelley 124). He is now hateful, rather than the trusting creature he once was. His environment and experiences have led him to alter his personality and perspective to suit the increasingly disappointment nature of his life.

Although this quote is quite long, it embodies many of the sympathies readers have with the creature. The creature has many questions that cannot be answered because Victor abandoned him after being created. The creature learns through reading books

Shelley draws inspiration from Milton 's Paradise Lost not only for the vicious creator in the stories but also the creations. In Milton’s epic, God creates the father of humankind and the father of all demons. The characterization of Frankenstein 's monster highlights points of both Adam and Satan; even the monster recognizes this within Shelley’s work when he encounters Milton’s

While the monster is learning to live on his own he observes the actions and movement of the DeLacey family. With no guiding figure in his life the monster has to learn to do basic tasks, like a child would, such a speaking his first words. When he is observing the DeLacey family he realizes they communicate their feelings by using words. After observing this the monster decided, “This was indeed a godlike science, and I ardently desired to become acquainted with it.”(100) After his decision to learn the language he starts initially with small words that are associated with objects. He picks up slowly at first saying, “ I was unable to discover any clue by which I could unravel the mystery of their reference.”(100) Gradually and persistently the monster learned his

The monster becomes malignant through his exposure to society, a phenomenon that is congruent with Rousseau's doctrine. The monster as natural man is nomadic; he roams from place to place, eating and resting where he can. When he finds adequate shelter in the hovel attached to the De Lacey's cottage it becomes convenient for him to stay there. According to Rousseau's discourse, "new conveniences [weaken] bodies and minds, and [eventually turn] into needs" (Edwards). The monster's newfound kennel is directly adjacent to a familial society; one that – due to his perfectibility – transforms him irrevocably by producing a need for assimilation. Rousseau writes that "without

The monster was abandoned by Frankenstein. Eventually, he learns that he was a science experiment when he learns to read and finds Frankenstein’s journal. Slowly stripped from all that he wanted, he began to become vengeful, and ultimately evil. Many humans have run into this situation before, but the monster had nothing to hold onto except watching a family he would never be able to be a part of. When he was denied by the family he lost everything. The monster was thrown into an abyss with nothing to grab onto. When everything is taken from him, he is left with just a hatred for Frankenstein. Frankenstein created the monster just to leave him and the monster will never forgive him for this. He was born innocent and placed in a life of

The loneliness of the Creature leads it to unbelievable acts of violence, the first one being the killing of Frankenstein's youngest brother William. The monster describes its terrible act in detail: "I gazed on my victim, and my heart swelled with exultation and hellish triumph: clapping my hands, I exclaimed, 'I too can create desolation; my enemy is not impregnable; this death will carry despair to him, and a thousand other miseries shall torment and destroy him'" (Shelley 97). Shelley is trying to teach the world a lesson by illustrating that the monster is not just a scientific project, the monster is a living emotional being. Frankenstein even further rejects the

In this section of the reading, the creature’s habits really stood out to me. I couldn’t help but see a more softer and human like side to the monster. When the creature is observing his neighbors he comes to notice that they are unhappy and he is “deeply affected” by this. When the creature learns that poverty is causing their unhappiness he also comes to the realization that when he has stolen their food he causes them great pain and suffering. So the creature “abstained” and swore to not steal anymore. So not only is this supposedly monsterish creature feeling sorrow and remorse for others pain, but he also chooses to end his role in causing this pain. These kind of emotions and actions that the creature is conducting are really interesting.

     Shelley also uses the monster to portray the idea that happiness is found through personal relationships. From the moment he is created, people react to the monster with fear and hate, but all he wants is to be loved. While watching the family in the cottage, the monster desires only to reveal himself to them and gain their love and acceptance. He quickly learns how to speak and read in order to make

The monster notices that humans are afraid of him because of his appearance, he feels embarrassed of himself, as humans do when they don’t seem to be accepted. He admires the De Lacey Family that lives in the cottage, he also learns from them, and hopes to have companion as they do. The monster is like humans, as mentioned, in the way that he wants someone to listen and care about him. He is discovering the world and his capacities, he seeks knowledge and understand plenty aspects of life by learning how to speak and read. “The gentle manners and beauty of the cottagers greatly endeared them to me; when they were unhappy, I felt depressed; when they rejoiced, I sympathized in their joys” (Shelley 47). The monster developed feelings and emotions as humans. The creature is different from humans also, since he never got to grow up as a normal human, and

Due to the absence of Victor Frankenstein in the creature’s life, the creature has no choice but to find ways to educate himself. The creature has to sneak around by Felix and Safie, the cottagers, so that he can learn language and be able to comprehend others. The creature makes it known that he “[improves] rapidly in the knowledge of the language” just by listening to Felix mentor Safie (106). Although the creature makes it known that he picks up on the language rapidly, it is still Victor’s duty to make sure that the creature, which he creates, learns as he should. Furthermore, the creature has to teach himself how to treat others since he has never came into contact with others. The creature begins to feel a sense of compassion after watching over the cottagers and seeing how happy that they are. The creature says that the more that he saw out of the cottagers, the more he desires to “claim their protection and kindness” (119). By the creature seeing the cottagers so happy, he begins to think that they would actually be the type of people who would not

(Shelley). The fact that Frankenstein fled from his creation very shortly after it came to life, proves how he refused to accept his obligations and responsibilities after his creature was created. ?The [creature] is Frankenstein?s abandoned child? (Mellor Abandonment 357). It is unfair to bring something into the world, and then not teach it how to survive. Victor was intimidated by his hideous characteristics and felt threatened by the creature. He did not know his creation at all, so he had no right to judge him. This is an example of how various people and society place too much judgment on physical appearance. The creature had just come into the world for the first time, and the first thing he saw was his creator screaming for his life as a result of his appearance. This traumatized the creation, and caused him to seek revenge on Frankenstein. This novel shows how when people are prejudice against physical deformity or ugliness, it automatically characterizes that person as bad or monstrous (Halberstam 59). Victor was the one who gave him these characteristics; so in fact, he is to blame for the creature?s appearance being so monstrous.

In the story the monster says” my person was hideous and my stature gigantic”(Shelley, 152). This goes to show that he was in fact terrible to look at. Another quote from the monster says,”I am malicious because I am miserable. Am I not shunned and hated by all mankind”(Shelley, 174). In this quote he is telling us that humans have shunned him from society and he is hated by all. These quotes tell us that the monster is facing discrimination because of the way he looks.

The monster shares a love-hate relationship with his creator Victor Frankenstein. For instance, when victor successfully brought the creature to life he was so pleased with what he accomplished and showed great appreciation. “His limbs were in proportion, and I had selected his features as beautiful” (Shelley 51), Victor was proud of this accomplishment when he thought he could not succeed such a task, but once he realizes the horrid figure of his masterpiece he quickly disowns him. “But now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart” (Shelley 51). Victor Frankenstein was appreciative to what he conjured but realizes the ugliness the monster beholds and could not help to think what a

The creature’s eloquence and ability to understand is demonstrated with his rational of “Paradise Lost” which shows the romantic quest of the creature and the doppelganger effect. The creature says he is like Adam since he was the only one in existence, but Adam was loved by his creator, God (Shelley 92). Adam felt lonely like the creature, so Adam asked God to make him a companion and so Eve was brought to the picture, but the creature had “no Eve [that] soothed [his] sorrows” (Shelley 93). In addition, the creature and Adam were innocent and oblivious to the situations around them. They learned about knowledge the hard way since Adam sins by eating the forbidden fruit of knowledge and the creature finds knowledge by reading three books he