The Creature 's Mind By Victor Frankenstein

The creature from Mary Shelley's novel "Frankenstein" displays many different human qualities. Some of these qualities include: the creature's ability to learn, his capability to feel pain, his desire to be accepted, and his need for affection and sympathy. The need for affection and sympathy is something which the creature is unable to attain. This unrequited desire to be accepted causes the creature to be the victim of the novel. The creature is never given affection by human society because of his physical deformities, Dr. Frankenstein's denial to create him a mate, and the creature's violent behaviour.

The monster that was created by Victor Frankenstein could have come to be as a result of many different things. Perhaps it is because he wants to one day revive his deceased mother. Or, maybe Victor hopes to better humanity by ending death as mankind knows it. While these factors could have possibly played a miniscule role in his building of the creature, there is one primary, underlying reason as to why Victor created such a hideous beast: greed. Victor materializes a wretched monstrosity all in the name of self-glory, and generally keeps his gaze astray from the betterment of humanity as a whole.

Likewise, Victor Frankenstein allows his emotional senses to give way to a hatred of the Creature without even giving the Creature a chance. After seeing the hideous creation made by his own hands, Victor refrains from taking responsibility of the actions of the Creature, even when his conscious tells him it is his duty to. On the night of the creation, Victor recalls that the creature, who he emotionally describes as a monster, “held up the curtain of the bed … one hand stretched out, seemingly to detain [Victor], but [he] escaped … catching and fearing each sound as if it were to announce the approach of

This fear and rejection of the Creature is seen not only in the different people the Monster encounters throughout his travels, but also in his creator. Frankenstein is unable to stand the sight of the creature stating, “its unearthly ugliness rendered it almost too horrible for human eyes” (Shelley 95). Frankenstein’s rejection causes the Creature to accuse Frankenstein of abandonment: “you had endowed me with perceptions and passions, and then cast me abroad an object for the scorn and horror of mankind” (Shelley 141). The Creature says that he is Frankenstein’s obligation and it is Frankenstein’s responsibility to be his essential caretaker. Although Victor originally cowered in fear of the Creature, the Creature claims he was initially “good” and it his Victor’s rejection which drives him to violence. The monster repeatedly lectures Frankenstein on his responsibility, “I am thy creature; I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the

Throughout Victor Frankenstein’s and the creature’s sides of the story neither thought they were in the wrong, Frankenstein justified his decisions as good for society and the creature justified his decisions as good for rightful revenge. What Frankenstein and the creature were expressing through their actions and reactions was for their own individual selfish perspectives that they labelled as good. The creatures a little more self-serving by trying to give Frankenstein the pain that he had caused the creature, however, the creature was trying to find out what was considered to be good and be that, but it seemed that both the creature and Victor Frankenstein were selfish beings. They were trying to achieve something good but went about it the wrong way, the good that the creature was trying to achieve was revenge but was ultimately for his own clarity. The creation of the creature was seen as good by Frankenstein as it would improve modern science but then suddenly becomes bad because the creature wasn’t what Frankenstein wanted and he hadn’t prepared for after the creature was

While the creature seems monstrous, Victor Frankenstein is the true monster in the novel. He completely isolated the creature once created and gave him no real guidance. The creature turns evil due to the way Victor and everyone else treat him. In the end, Victor never tries to make right with the creature. Victor ruined the only hope the creature had for happiness, making him the true monster.

The creature, acting as a criminal, killed Elizabeth Lavenza when Frankenstein was out of the room and then escaped. He knew this would make Victor Frankenstein feel so much pain, and he did it for that reason. Some people believe that the creature only acted as a criminal because of Frankenstein, so he is the true criminal. Victor did abandon him right after he created him and that caused him to feel anger towards him, nevertheless the creature became his own person with beliefs and knowledge. The creature made his decisions fully on his own.

Victor Frankenstein had the great idea of creating a human-like creature that ultimately became bigger, stronger, and meaner than everyone around. The process and steps took a lot longer than what Victor predicted. When the creature finally took his first breath, the two long years of anticipation finally relieved Victor of his stress. Victor stayed up numerous nights and missed so many meals stressing over this creature. He never gave up despite all the difficulties wanting to become the first ever bringing life to a creature. “So much has been done, exclaimed the soul of Frankenstein—more, far more, will I achieve; treading in the steps already marked, I will pioneer a new way, explore unknown powers, and unfold to the world the deepest mysteries of creation” (sparknotes). The creature was very hideous, gigantic, and didn’t look to friendly to humans. All the time and work Victor put into

Victor Frankenstein has created a horrendous creature that he is not proud to call his creation after it has been brought to life. On page 36, he says “when those muscles and joints were rendered capable of motion, it became such a thing as even Dante could not have conceived”, showing that he could not bear to see the creature in its alive state. This alone began the animosity towards the monster he created. Victor allowed his

When the creature watches the cottagers (Felix, Agatha, De Lacey), we see that it shows the emotions of joy and desire, but most importantly the emotion of love it hadn’t shown Frankenstein. However, as soon as the same cottagers condemn it for the way it is assembled, the creature fuels up with anger and fury. Another trait that denotes the creature is certainly a ‘human’ is its need for social interaction. Shelley shows this when the Being is finally launched into the world, wanting some sort of communication with the cottagers. Furthermore, when Frankenstein refuses to congregate another figure similar to the creature, the Being takes it upon himself to revenge Frankenstein by killing Victor’s loved

In Marry Shelley’s Frankenstein, the powerful creature represents the physical manifestation of the ugliness and selfishness of Victor’s desires as well as being the solution for his need to escape from the elements that threaten his way of life.

After the creation, Frankenstein decides not to be responsible for creating the creature and abandons it, which leads the anger of the creature towards Frankenstein later on. Victor never considers how the creature with such a terrifying appearance and a scale would be able to get along with people. While he has a desire to make a creature who is " gigantic stature; that is to say eight feet in height, and proportionally large" (Shelley 32), he hasn’t thought of how other people would react with the creature. Also he hasn’t thought of the fate of creature. Frankenstein only cares about him being successful and , later, safe. The creature, who is left alone, is an unwanted from the society. He has no other belongings in this world. The creature is the victim of Frankenstein’s selfishness. And Frankenstein, the creature’s only possible savor, leaves the creature alone. Frankenstein is the one who is

It was made out of many dead bodies which made it look ugly. When Victor saw the creature alive in front of him, he was scared by the thought of what he ended up with. Frankenstein’s monster is like a new-born baby. It did not know how to speak or cope up with the world. When Victor turned his back on the monster, it felt betrayed. It did not get the love and support it should’ve been given. Also, when the world was reluctant to accept the creature even after it helped them, it started harming the people who hurt him. It felt lonely as it was not taken care of by the only father figure he had, Victor himself. The monster told Victor, “You had made me, but why had you not looked after me, and saved me from this pain and unhappiness?” (Page 30) This showed how much deprived of happiness the monster was, which made him take revenge from Frankenstein.

Throughout the novel Frankenstein written by Mary Shelley, the creature is subjected to countless acts of violence and rejection. For a monster to develop, one must have been formerly exploited either by an individual or their society. The creature is not only a physical product of science, but his atrocious behavior is also an explicit result of Victor’s actions toward him. The creature was not born a monster, but slowly morphed into one as he experiences violence and rejection from his society.

While Creature is full of humanity and has a thirst for knowledge, his longing for acceptance in society is met with constant rejection. Through this rejection, it sparks anger into the Creature for his irresponsible creator, Victor Frankenstein. Creature’s anger leads to greater tragedies for Victor. The greater of the tragedies are the murdering of innocent people including Victor’s family that is seen to be the fault of Creature since he is the one who murdered them. If Victor did not abandon the Creature and had taught him murder was not morally correct, Creature would not have committed the heinous acts.When Creature was first theoretically born, he was introduced into the world in a very harsh way. Metaphorically, Creature starts out into the world as a newborn, needing a parent 's guidance and teachings. Victor abandons him immediately with no sense of direction. Creature, after his “birth”, approaches Victor with a hand of longing for compassion. “He held up the curtain of the bed; and his eyes, if eyes they maybe called, were fixed on me...He might have spoken, but I did not hear; one hand was stretched out” (Shelley 35). Victor instead of showing acceptance immediately runs away at the sight of him.