The Meaning Of The Creature In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
In the book Frankenstein by Mary Shelly, the character by the name “the creature” responds in a significant way to injustice. He is brought into a world that treats people based on appearance, and his creator, Victor, had made him hideous.Mostly in all schools they teach young kids to “not base a book by its cover”, meaning do not assume negative/positive thoughts about a person just based on their looks. The creature was born without having someone to watch after him, and this affected the way he perceived other people’s actions. First of all, the creature had righteous intentions and was just looking for a friendship, which everyone he had seen, seemed to have. Since he had strange facial characteristics, everyone he would encounter
would run away from him. His understanding of justice was for other people to give him a chance to show them his personality , and not just go based on his looks. For example, his first encounter with injustice was when he lived in the cottage, with the blind elder man and his kids. He tried his best to fit in by avoiding to eat the cottager’s food supply and even helping them to bring wood for the fire. Although he did all these excellent actions, he had to do it behind the cottagers back because if they saw him, they would run away. First of all, he tries to talk with the blind man, who is the only one that does not run away from him. The blind man tells him that he thinks the creature is a wonderful human being, just based on his way of speaking . Although once the kids saw him, they all ran away and were scared of the creature. Since nobody gave him a chance to be their friend, and he did not have any family at all, he decided that humankind should not be joyful, if he was not. This encounter with injustice changed his perspective on humankind, and made him find something wicked in destroying other’s life. Due to this injustice that the creature experienced he set out to search for his justice in the world, which to him was to figure out a way to hurt back the one that had abandoned him when he was brought to life. Along his search for Victor, he came across other people who he treated poorly. For example, when he chooses to pick on William, Victor’s brother, because he is young and the creature thought he could get the kid to accept him, he gets rejected once again; therefore, he starts his killing spree. Mainly he went after Victor’s family and friends, and when he had accomplished to leave Victor alone, just like he was, he thought that would bring him justice. It only brought him attention from his creator, but not one, it brought revenge plots from Victor. In the end, the creature was still not accepted and he did not have anyone, he was miserable and wanted Victor to be as well. All in all, the creatures experience with injustice changed him to be the person everyone thought he was meant to be. At the beginning, the creature had morality and a kind heart. He was just looking for someone to talk to and call friend, he never meant to hurt anyone. Moreover, his search for his justice caused him to change his intentions and become something that he truly was not, but other people thought of him. It brought out a side of him that made him feel less lonely and miserable.
would run away from him. His understanding of justice was for other people to give him a chance to show them his personality , and not just go based on his looks. For example, his first encounter with injustice was when he lived in the cottage, with the blind elder man and his kids. He tried his best to fit in by avoiding to eat the cottager’s food supply and even helping them to bring wood for the fire. Although he did all these excellent actions, he had to do it behind the cottagers back because if they saw him, they would run away. First of all, he tries to talk with the blind man, who is the only one that does not run away from him. The blind man tells him that he thinks the creature is a wonderful human being, just based on his way of speaking . Although once the kids saw him, they all ran away and were scared of the creature. Since nobody gave him a chance to be their friend, and he did not have any family at all, he decided that humankind should not be joyful, if he was not. This encounter with injustice changed his perspective on humankind, and made him find something wicked in destroying other’s life. Due to this injustice that the creature experienced he set out to search for his justice in the world, which to him was to figure out a way to hurt back the one that had abandoned him when he was brought to life. Along his search for Victor, he came across other people who he treated poorly. For example, when he chooses to pick on William, Victor’s brother, because he is young and the creature thought he could get the kid to accept him, he gets rejected once again; therefore, he starts his killing spree. Mainly he went after Victor’s family and friends, and when he had accomplished to leave Victor alone, just like he was, he thought that would bring him justice. It only brought him attention from his creator, but not one, it brought revenge plots from Victor. In the end, the creature was still not accepted and he did not have anyone, he was miserable and wanted Victor to be as well. All in all, the creatures experience with injustice changed him to be the person everyone thought he was meant to be. At the beginning, the creature had morality and a kind heart. He was just looking for someone to talk to and call friend, he never meant to hurt anyone. Moreover, his search for his justice caused him to change his intentions and become something that he truly was not, but other people thought of him. It brought out a side of him that made him feel less lonely and miserable.