The Real Monster In Frankenstein

Everyone of us has some kind of a imaginary picture of a monster in our brain. Mary Shelley, in her novel “Frankenstein” precisely describes what a “monster” ment for people in XVIII century. The most popular definitions of a word “monster” nowadays are; a strange or horrible imaginary creature, something that is extremely or unusually large. These definitions are the ideal reference to what people had in mind at that times.

Victor Frankenstein’s created a “monster” which easily fullfills the description above. Frankenstein “built” his creation with something he called “material”. “Material” is basically different parts of bodies of dead people. Using different parts of bodies resulted in the height of his creation.
But the “monster” height is not the only one factor which makes him to be seen as a “monster”. With a lot of scars after cutting and sewing his whole body looks disgusting. Even though that the body can be hidden under the clothes, his face remains uncovered and head is the most important part of a body. We see through the eyes,
Another definition of a word “monster” is: a powerful person or thing that cannot be controlled and that causes many problems. And this is the part where things get really interesting. Is this alleged “monster” really a monster? After the “birth” he cannot walk, he cannot move properly so I do not think that he is a powerful person. Frankenstein admits that by thinking that he is not able to live and that is why he lefts him, and even wants to kill him later on. Victor’s “monster” cannot be controlled due of the lack of education. For me, Frankenstein is supposed to be his father, is supposed to raise him from the beggining - like a newborn baby, to teach him all the proper values which will make him a good person. Unfortunately that is never happening. Because of Victor doings, his creation starts causing problems which are connected to other people and to Frankenstein