Another point is that Frankenstein noticed the creature's ugliness, seemingly for the first time; he says,.
these luxuriances only formed a more.
horrid contrast with his watery eyes.
This means that Frankenstein wanted the monster to look nice so he chose features that are lovely - but together, they look awful. It was as if you had taken a sweet smile from one person, enchanting, mesmerising eyes from another, and a perfect button nose from another, and put them all together - the result wouldn't look right, because the features aren't in contrast with each other. However, the strange thing is that Frankenstein seems to only notice these features after the creature is alive. I think what Shelley is trying to say is not that he has only just noticed, but that he has just realised he can't ever show this monster to the public. I think Frankenstein's original idea was something like, it doesn't matter if he's not too pretty, because everyone will be so impressed by my work they won't mind' or he could become a national, public icon; instantly recognisable, the man who was created. What I mean is that Frankenstein didn't think that his peers would be anything but proud of his accomplishments, whereas in reality they may be horrified at his method for doing it and the actions he took.
Frankenstein goes out for a walk and falls asleep on the stairs of a church - when he awakes the next morning, he is incredibly paranoid. He thinks the monster will appear every time he turns a corner, and he is dreading another encounter with him. Shelley writes,.
I issued into the streets, pacing them with quick steps,.
as if I sought to svoid the wretch whom I feared every.
turning of the street would present to my view.
When he returns to his apartment, Frankenstein finds it empty, and becomes joyful, almost hysterically so ( I could hardly believe that so great a good fortune could have befallen me' I felt my flesh tingle with an excess of sensitiveness').
