Victor Frankenstein Monster Essay

The importance and significance of having the nurture, love, and teachings of a parental figure is shown through Victor and the creature. Early on in the novel, Victor tells Walton that his first memories are of his “mother’s tender caresses and [his] father’s smile of benevolent pleasures” (Shelley 27); because Victor’s first recollections are positive ones filled with love and care, he does not develop thoughts of destruction and murder at a young age. Furthermore, it is because of his parents’ teachings that he can receive

After Victor’s abandonment, the creature left Victor’s home and wandered into the woods. Initially, every encounter with humanity brought the creature pain and suffering as they were instantly terrified upon seeing the creature's horrifying appearance and treated him like the monster he appeared to be. Eventually, the creature came across a hovel in the woods that was within close proximity to a cottage where a family lived. The monster grew very affectionate toward his "protectors," emphasizing that beings are born to love, not hate.

As a result of Victor's neglect and rejection of the creature, society also denies the creature acceptance which creates a life of loneliness for it. The creature, after being rejected by Victor, is left helpless, wanders into a forest, and experiences what hunger and pain are for the first time in life. The creature longs for acceptance, especially from Victor, but is denied. For example, the creature first learns of its rejection from society when it enters the house of an old man that is cooking; it as at the sight of the creature that the man "shrieked loudly" (90) and runs out of his hut. From that moment the creature realizes it is deformed and unlike anyone else. While the creature is roaming through the woods one day it comes upon a cottage. The creature notes the inhabitants of the cottage, the DeLacey family, as being beautiful in comparison to its

For, however badly the monster behaves he was never exactly taught it was wrong; his parent rejected him as soon as he entered the world forcing him to feel rejection and leave the home immediately. Though, he had committed many terrible crimes they were only towards humans had treated him badly enough to hurt him deeply. He set the De Lacy’s home on fire due to rejection caused by looks after he had admired the family and secretly helped them many times. This is a very important thematic moment within the story due to the fact that the blind man accepted the creature because he heard the humanity in his voice and did not see the monstrosity of his looks. This could very well show that if the parent had not rejected the monster he could have been taught how to control his passionate, emotional, and irrational decisions. The creature had many good qualities that could have outshined his bad looks and he could have been used for good instead of evil. Overall,

His curiosity for social interaction is energetic and capable as he educated himself through a family living in the woods and reading books he stole from his creator. With the creature’s intention to interact, it is interrupted; visually, the creature is unappealing and treated in a manner that is not kind. The creature explains in one of his experiences of interaction that he will never have the ability to be understood about his looks, "As I fixed my eyes on the child, I saw something glittering on his breast. I took it; it was a portrait of a most lovely woman. In spite of my malignity, it softened and attracted me. For a few moments I gazed with delight on her dark eyes, fringed by deep lashes, and her lovely lips; but presently my rage returned; I remembered that I was forever deprived of the delights that such beautiful creatures could bestow and that she whose resemblance I contemplated would, in regarding me, have changed that air of divine benignity to one expressive of disgust and affright” (16.32). The creature was drawn to the eyes of the woman but became conscious of the idea that he cannot belong in a world where people look at him in disgust and fear. This effect on the creature creates an image in his mind that life will never change for him and that people won’t change either. Another example representing the results of his interaction with others is the family

The creature has learned to consider someone else feelings and he felt regret that he ruined lives ,he feels ungrateful and sympathy. Another thing that he learned was from Victor , he learned how to destroy or how to kill his wife because he saw Victor destroy his mate and so the creature learned from that. An example for this statement is when in the story it stated, '' I've suffered from hunger to hard work , and a great amount of tiredness, and you , you dare to destroy my hopes of happiness.'' (page 141 The creatures statement) ,this statement was right after the creature saw Victor destroy his mate and a statement that was given from Victor is, '' This demon has taken away my happiness with my wife , I am the most miserable person on

The creature was completely and utterly clueless when it came to anything that human beings did. He didn’t know our language, our norms, our values, but he eventually educated himself in all of those topics. Although his point of view on the public’s opinions on things was not very positive, he still understood that he couldn't do anything about the way that society thought. Instead, he accepted the hatred and tried his best to fit in. Although this doesn't seem very Justice-worthy at the moment, this is what caused him to later recurve the award for “most Justice-seeking

This demonstrates he wasn't the beast everybody thought he was. He comprehended that he was harming the cottagers, so he discovered different intends to bolster himself. He was a flawless case of a genuine decent and noble savage. In the same way the Creature ended up being endeavoring to clutch his integrity as society kept on shooting him down. “I rushed from my hiding-place; and, with extreme labour from the force of the current, saved her, and dragged her to shore.

Due to the creature’s need for knowledge he begins to understand his existence and the nature of mankind. While staying in the hovel the creature notices how beautiful the cottagers are. He believes that he is just as beautiful until he sees himself in a transparent pool and “(he) became fully convinced that (he) was in reality the monster that (he) is”(102). Upon discovering his monstrous appearance

Despite not being human, the Creature has a sense of the beauty of the nature and human interaction from his birth. Even throughout the time where he can only see an obscure vision, the Creature finds the dim light from the moon attracting, as he describes that, “Soon a gentle light stole over the heavens and gave me a sensation of pleasure.” This quote captures the effect of nature on the Creature’s well-being; by appreciating the gift which descends from the heaven, he is able to temporarily reach a calm

The monster visits De Lacey, who is blind, and has a normal conversation with him without being put down or told to go away because of his appearance. Shortly after striking up conversation with De Lacey, the other residents of the house return and are horrified by the monster, telling him to get out of their house while striking him with a stick. “I could have torn him limb from limb, as the lion rend the antelope. But my heart sank within me as with bitter sickness and I refrained.” (Shelley 70) the monster expresses his despair, showing how hard of an impact it had on him.

Though the creation shows his feelings similar to humans, he also strives for companionship. The creature obtains the need to find companionship through another creature and the De Lacey family because he feels isolated from the world. When trying to visit the De Lacey family for the first time, the creature points out, “I persuaded myself that when they should become acquainted with my admiration of their virtues, they would compassionate me, and overlook my personal deformity” (Shelley 111). Similarly, the creation also decided to confront Victor. His prideful creator who abandons him, and discusses his isolation when the creature declares, “I am alone, and miserable; man will not associate with me; but one as deformed and horrible as myself

Before the DeLacey family knew about the creature’s existence, the creature was nice, caring, and helpful. For instance, the creature “found out that the youth spent a great part of each day in collecting wood for the family fire..during the night [he] often took [Felix] tools..and brought home firing sufficient for the consumption of several days. ”(Shelley 47). In addition, he wanted to find a family who would love him for who is he and see past his ugliness, but when things turn out the opposite of what he wanted, the effects of his isolation reached its full maximum. After finding out that the DeLacey family left because of him, the creature set the cottage on fire.

When the incident happen with the De Lacey family the monster says “ I could have torn him limb from limb, as the lion rends the antelope, but my heart sank within me as with bitter sickness, and I refrained, I saw him on the point of repeating his blow, when overcome by pain anguish, I quitted the cottage, and in the general tumult unperceived to my

By now, it is “miserable” from the “barbarity of man,” and its reflections on his experiences make him assume he is “malicious because he is miserable” [Shelly 96]. The creature becomes cynical by blaming others for his problems and thus viewing the world as “against” them. The creature is only acting in response to how he is being treated, the obvious outcome of a Tabula Rosa whose experiences mean more, his new “us versus them” mentality excludes it from seeing people or situations clearly.