Throughout the novel the views of the monster changes having been abandoned by his creator “Victor Frankenstein”. The monster is portrayed by Mary Shelley in a rather sad way as the monster itself has been left in the hiding causing him to seek revenge on Victor.
The first description of the monster shapes a sad perception from a reader’s point of view as he has been created by raw materials causing him to look hideous and also because he has been abandoned by his creator which is not a nice thing to do knowing that the monster does not know anything about the world. The monster is treated cruelly by society and his creator as he is abandoned as he is hideous leaving the society to be scared of him, this leaves him feeling helpless and forms him to seek revenge on his creator Victor for creating him and then abandoning him
“……I, the miserable and the abandoned, am an abortion, to be spurned at, and kicked, and trampled on……”
As you can see in this quote the monster is quite hurt as he is abandoned and hates Victor for creating him
“…Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay to mould me Man, did I solicit thee from darkness to promote me…”
The monster also has not been given a name which makes you feel very sympathetically towards the creature, although this makes u feel kindness for the monster Shelley also does make us feel a dislike and disgust for the monster by showing his revenge on Victor by killing Victor’s brother William a little boy whom is innocent, this makes us feel hate on the monster for the killing of the young boy. The monster having committed the crimes shows no regret or guilt for what he has done which shows that the monster is different to humans and that he is abnormal. The killings are not justified because he kills an innocent life which is not justifiable as he himself has turned into evil.
In the early films and comics Frankenstein is portrayed as the monster with a big forehead, a bolt through his neck and green in colour, this image of the monster gives the audience a gruesome image of the monster causing the audience to look at the bad side of the character as he looks revolting and scary.
Victor Frankenstein was born in Genevese, his family was very well-known of that republic. Sadly Victor’s dear mother passes away on her deathbed as she falls sick
“…She died calmly…”
Victor then goes to the University of Ingolstadt. There, he is inspired by the desire to discover the secret of life, and after several years of research Victor is convinced he has found it. Equipped with the knowledge he has long been seeking, Victor spends months busily building a creature out of old body parts. One night in the secrecy of his apartment he brings his creation to life, when he looks at creation he has created the sight horrifies him causing him to abandon his creation. Victor’s motives for wanting to create life are justifiable as he wants to bring a cure to bring the dead back to life and also wanting to create life, His motives are not evil but he however turns evil as he shows no sorrow to what he’s done. Our sympathy does increase towards Victor as the monster commits the terrible crimes against Victor. Victor’s sorrow ness and abandoning of the monster causes the monster to seek revenge on Victor which increases are sympathy towards him. Later in the story the Monster finds Victor and demands him to create him a female companion, Victor refuses knowing the consequences which may come affect if he creates a female creation. This action by Victor Frankenstein creates us to believe that he has seen the error of his ways and recognizes what he has done wrong.
