The Role Of Evil In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Humans are not born evil, they are turned evil. A person can not deem a baby as being evil on how it came to be. In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein a man is created by another man, Victor Frankenstein. Victor didn’t not see the good in his creation only saw the ugliness of the creature he has brought to this world. [Secondary students should critically read Frankenstein to see that this “monster” wasn’t not made to be evil, just turned evil by views of the people around him.] This “monster” did not get to choose to be created, and when he was created his creator turned away with disgust; “Breathless horror and disgust now filled my heart. Unable to endure the face of the being I had created, I rushed out of the room,”(Shelly, 58). This being who was created from the pursuit of knowledge, but once achieved was disgraced by how he came to be. The “monster” confused and filled with
For he only sought for affection, and friendship like any other human, but he was thought to be a monster by one look at him. He could have redeemed himself with only the affection from another. He ask his creator, Victor, for a female like him; “‘You must create a female for me with whom I can live and share my feelings,” (139), but Victor at the end decided to not full fill this “monster’s” wishes. He didn’t want to unleash another fiend into this world. This man denied the man’s only chance of affection, the “monster” loses himselfs to these dark emotions. This “monster” was not created to be evil, but was turned by the views of his fellow humankind. This is why secondary student should critically read Frankenstein to see that this man was not evil till the prejudice of humankind turns him. Poisoning the “monster” with their words, and actions. Humankind bases their judgement on looks before they get to know the person. If they are not careful they could create a monster, out of sweet creature, like this man, who just wanted to be