Humans have always feared the unknown, frightened by the eruption of a volcano or the trembling of the earth, and labeled these as the wrath of an angered God. Frankenstein’s creation, a creature with “yellow skin”, “watery eyes”, and “shriveled complexion”, was shunned and rejected by humanity as a monstrosity, simply because of his
Karma is shown clearly throughout Mary Shelley’s story, “Frankenstein.” This idea, of karma, is shown in numerous cases and situations within this story. One situation that arises, where karma is a factor, is the issue of the resentment the creature has towards his creator, Frankenstein, for abandoning him shortly after his making. As a result of Frankenstein’s neglect towards his creation, his creation began to become bitter towards the one who invented him. The deformed being felt abandoned. This abandonment caused a severe sense of hatred to form, inside the monster, towards his master.
Once his work was completed and he witnessed the product of all his long hours and feeble exhaustion, he is horrified. His perfectly proportional creation, the result of a labor of love…it was hideous, an atrocity, an abomination. Unable to accept the reality of what he had done, Victor fled, from the site of his creation, from responsibility, from the unnatural being he thrust into the world. This abandonment is what ultimately leads to the destruction of all those people whom Victor once loved. The list of innocent victims is a long and discouraging one: his brother William, his beloved family servant Justine, his wife Elizabeth, his father, and his most loyal friend Henry
Thus said, it is unfair to judge a person without first really getting to know that person. The creature was born with a regular and natural desire to love and to be loved, but ultimately, the rejection he faced among his people caused him to reject them and become evil. References Bargh, J. A., Chen, M., & Burrows, L. (1996). Automaticity of social behavior: Direct effects of trait construct and stereotype activation on action.
Only after being treated so poorly and outcast by every human he comes in contact with is Frankenstein’s monster driven to rage and vengeance. Victor Frankenstein’s actions throughout the novel prove
I think this is the most sorrowful part in the whole story. Enormous loneness would be hard to bear for him. I don’t even want to imagine the creature’s situation. How terrible and lonely it would be to know everyone in the world always hate and curse me and there’s nobody that I can communicate
Feeling so hopeless in situations that can get to difficult it sometimes feels almost impossible to deal with them, but when Individuals who have the capacity to gain an accurate and deep intuitive understanding of a person or a thing are able to experience the action or thing that is saving or being saved from a sin, an error or evil. Sometimes it takes a certain situation or problem to occur in life, that makes an individual realize what really matters in life. A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others and their loved ones. There is nothing in the world so wonderful as to love and be loved; there is nothing as devastating as losing a loved one. A relationship that has turned sour is very difficult, both emotionally and mentally.
Shelley presents a situation where society is ignorant about the unfamiliar, different, and is also unwilling to accept and embrace the unusual. Shelley portrays the rejection of the creature by his creator, the society¬’s reaction to the wretch, and the way in which they cannot see beyond superficial. Shelley shows that by having knowledge, Walton is able to see beyond the physical appearance and ultimately better accept the monster for what he really is. The relationship
Since Victor had abandoned him he was alone in the word with nobody to tell him right from wrong. Victor had dropped his responsibly and had been very irresponsible. Due to the lack of responsibility the monster felt alone and confused. Every time the monster would see a person they wouldn’t even give him a chance to speak or explain himself. They would all flee from him and look at him with evil and disgust in their eyes.
In the novel Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, the creature is assumed to be evil by everyone he encounters. Many people that read this novel believed the creature is born evil. In my opinion you cannot be born evil , but you have to experience many hardships or negative experiences that make you become evil. At the beginning of the novel the creature was never giving a chance to show that he was not evil because his own creator left him. The creature was treated badly by others which made him feel unwanted and for him to do evil things.