Humans tend to judge everything from the external appearance in regardless of internal essence. This can be seen from the Monster, a character in Frankenstein. When talking about the monster, people often think of malignance, fearfulness, ugliness, and frightening. No one is interested in the real identity of the Monster. In fact, the Monster is a good person. He is ashamed to do sin and prefers helping needy person and is optimistic.
Ashamedness is one of personalities of virtuous men. According to the story, when the Monster saw the poverty and hardship of the blind man’s family who lived in a hut where he steals foods every night, he stated that “This trait of kindness moved me sensibly. I had been accustomed, during the night, to steal a part of their store for my own consumption; but when I found that in doing this l inflicted pain on the cottagers, I abstained, and satisfied myself with berries, nuts, and roots, which I gathered from a neighboring wood.” The monster’s words are the evidence that the Monster has ashamedness and does not do bad things again. …show more content…
It can be noticed when he went out for collecting wood and swept and cleared out the snow along the pathway of the blind man’s family. He stated that: “I discovered also another means through which I was enabled to assist their labours. I found that the youth spent a great part of each day in collecting wood for the family fire; and, during the night, I often took his tools, the use of which I quickly discovered, and brought home firing sufficient for the consumption of several days”. Another event happened when he helped a girl who drowned and lost consciousness in regardless of his own self though he was injured. This demonstrates his kindness and