As the monster reminisces about his past, he says that his “soul glowed with love and humanity” (Shelley, 97). Just as humans today are born innocent and pure, so is the creature. When Victor sees the creature in the night, the monster has one hand reaching out with a smile on his face. Although the monster

As the monster develops knowledge throughout the novel, he becomes more aware of his place, which leads him to feel resentment towards his creator and ultimately rage out against society. Whether it is Victor’s fault for creating the creature, or society as a whole for not accepting him, it is the outsiders that cause the creature to be the monster that they thought he was. At the begging of the novel, the monster expresses characteristics of an innocent creature, and by the end, the vicious side takes over and many suffer from it. Even today, this idea that society induces rage remains a very controversial topic. Perhaps it is a little bit of both society and the individual, but if society were to be more accepting, there may be less anger and resentment in so many people.

After many unpleasant attempts to find companionship, the creature acts out and takes revenge on society. Within the novel, there are two major acts of revenge, one being the murder of William, and the other, Elizabeth’s murder. Both of these murders were tied back to Victor, the creator, this shows that the monster was ultimately angry with Victor for creating him as an outcast. “When I became fully convinced that I was in reality the monster that I am, I was filled with the bitterest sensations of despondence and mortification” (Shelley, 110). After discovering his true appearance, the creature felt a strong need for revenge on Frankenstein. This revenge resulted in the death of William, Victor’s younger brother. Murdering William in the woods not only caused one death, but it also indirectly caused the death of Justin

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