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Who Is The Monster Unjustified In Frankenstein
As I read the book,” Frankenstein” by Mary Shelly, I felt like the monsters violence was unjustified. His violent out burst were for revenge. When the monster didn’t get a female companion it made him angry and sad. He cant get any one remotely like him. No one to know what he feels on the day to day basis. But that doesn’t give him the right to kill or hurt people. He killed William, Elizabeth, and Henry; just to get back at Victor. That’s a perfect example on how unjustified the monsters actions were. He shouldn’t have felt justified to take someone’s life, bit since he felt alone he wanted everyone around him to feel what he felt every second of his life. The monster just wanted to feel like a normal being in a world full of differences.

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