An Analysis Of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

The monster of Frankenstein was interested in being literate and learning about the world around him but because of his surroundings, he became a beast. The creature came across a cottage and met a poor family who he “began to love... When they were unhappy, I felt sad. When they were happy, I was happy too” (63). By expressing his emotions, the monster’s experiences shows that he wants to belong but because of being shunned, that changed his personality. His outside element of being disdained was the real reason for his monsterality. However, the monster explains of having “feelings of affection [but] they were requited by detestation and scorn” (98). By being hated and persecuted, Frankenstein’s monster retaliated because he could no longer