Who is the monster - Victor or the Creature?

3. It first speaks in Chapter 10, after Victor has called it "Devil" and threatened to kill it. Instead of reacting with similar venom, the Monster states simply: "I expected this reception." This is because it has grown used to man showing hatred towards it. Yet its calm acceptance of the fact begins to gain the readers sympathy.

4. The creature commits many acts of kindness, especially for the De Laceys, whom it loves. When Felix later beats it, thinking his father's life is in danger, the Monster is moved to tears of anguish and rage. it then rescues a peasant girl from drowning. Its reward for this utterly selfless and kind act is being shot.

5. At the end of the novel, despite being abandoned and mistreated by its creator, the Monster still feels compelled to grieve over Victor's dead body. This moment of dignified reflection and regretting of misdeeds lends more sympathy to the Monster.

Creature is the monster

• At first glance, the creature is a symbol of evil, whose only desire is to ruin lives.

• The Monster is taught that it can be acceptable to kill in some circumstances. This knowledge leads to the deaths of many innocent people.

• When he came across young William, on hearing the boy say his father was called Frankenstein, a name it knew to be that of its creator, it strangled him to death.

• One night, on seeing the Monster grinning at his window as he works, Victor tears the half-built creature to pieces. The Monster howls in rage and utters "I shall be with you on your wedding night." By threatening him.

• While he is gone, the Monster finds Elizabeth, whose 'shrill and dreadful' scream brings Victor rushing back. He finds his wife dead on the bed with 'the murderous mark of the fiend's grasp' still on her neck. From his window, he sees the Monster grinning at him, an echo of when Victor destroyed its 'wife'.