Why Is Frankenstein's Monster Denied The Opportunity To Be Good

The monster of Frankenstein was denied the opportunity to be good. Frankenstein’s monster was resentful towards everyone because of his father, Victor Frankenstein. Frankenstein created the monster and ran away immediately after he came to life. In the novel written by Mary Shelley, Frankenstein says, “I took refuge in the court-yard belonging to the house which I inhabited; where I remained during the rest of the night…catching and fearing each sound as if it were to announce the approach of the demoniacal corpse to which I had so miserably given life” (614). When he ran away, it made the monster spite him. The monster became angry that his father, the man that created him, didn’t want him anymore and was afraid of him. The monster stalks the De Lacy family, eager to learn from them. One day he decides to go inside and talk to the old, blind De Lacy man, the other family members come
All he cared about was bettering things for himself. He wanted to get the glory of learning the secret behind life. Frankenstein wants to make sure that his name makes a mark in history. In the novel, he says,
A light so brilliant and wondrous, yet so simple, that while I became dizzy with the immensity of the prospect which it illustrated, I was [surprised] that among so many men of genius who had directed their enquiries towards the same scientist, that I alone should be reserved to discover so astonishing secret. (Shelly 50).
He does not think anything bad will happen if he creates a monster, just that he will be recognized as an amazing scientist. After creating the monster, he runs away, causing the monster to become evil. He lets Justine take the accusation of killing William when he knows that the monster was the one who did it. He does not want to get in trouble for creating an evil monster that kills people. Throughout the entire novel all Frankenstein does are things that would benefit him, even if it gets other people