How does creature’s story call into question Victor’s belief that the creature is innately evil? You might consider:
The way that the creature is made into a monster by the reception that he receives from others.
The creature’s original innocence and “naturalness,” or closeness to nature.
The way in which the creature learns moral feelings like sympathy and compassion.
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Victor Frankenstein believes that his creature is innately evil because the creature killed William and caused the execution of Justine. However, the creature only became a monster because of his own environment. At first, the creature knew nothing of himself and the world around him. He was fortunate to be neighbors with some cottagers and went on to develop his language, morality, and knowledge of society by eavesdropping on their conversations. At a certain point, the creature truly believed that he would be accepted without regards to his appearance but was shunned away by the very humans that “taught” him. As a result, the creature swore vengeance against humans, especially his creator, Frankenstein. The creature only became evil because of the environment he was in, not because it was inherent. I believe both Frankenstein and the creature were justifiable in their reasons, but if Frankenstein didn’t create the creature in the first place, William and Justine wouldn’t have died. These unfortunate events highlight Frankenstein’s irresponsibility and the flaw to his beliefs of his creation.
I agree with your statement because if Frankenstein was more responsible the creature would have had a different approach on life and wouldn’t have done the things he had done.
I agree with this, Frankenstein’s irresponsibility is essentially what led to the death of his brother and the formation of a evil monster. If Frankenstein was more responsible he could’ve took actions to show the creature more love which might have positively impacted the creature and prevented many problems.
Victor believes the creature to be innately evil, but reading the creature’s story of his journey from Victor’s apartment to the forest outside of Geneva was heartbreaking and shows how he slowly became evil due to how society treated him. During his journey, the creature sees a girl drowning in a stream and he saves her, yet his heroic act is not at all celebrated; instead he is met with fear and violence. After being shot by the young girl’s companion, the creature says “This was the reward for my benevolence! I had saved a human being from destruction, and, as a recompense, I now writhed under the miserable pain of a wound, which shattered the flesh and bone. The feelings of kindness and gentleness, which I had entertained but a few moments before, gave place to hellish rage and gnashing of teeth. Inflamed by pain, I vowed eternal hatred and vengeance on all mankind.” The way the creature is treated in all of his interactions – neglected by Victor, abandoned by his cottagers, shot after a heroic act, rejected by young William – all slowly wear down the creature’s benevolence until he is only left with feelings of rage and evil.
Victor believes the monster is innately evil because he couldn’t believe any normal man could have the strength to commit the murder of his younger brother William. The creature learned about sympathy, love, happiness and compassion while living in a secluded area behind a family’s cottage, the De Lacy’s. Initially, the creature had a benevolent heart but because of how mistreated he was due to his size and looks he took revenge upon the villagers and especially to Victor Frankenstein, his creator. He blames Victor for his unhappy and lonely life when all he wanted was to be loved and accepted.
Victor believes that his creature is innately evil, because the creature killed his younger brother William and caused the falsely accused crime of Justine. The creature only became the evil monster that it was because it was casted away from its “family” and did not feel the love that it wanted and was mistreated by the people in its environment. The creature was taught and learned about love and happiness and just wanted to feel compassion, but his looks and size prevented that. This caused the monster to seek vengeance against Victor and the villagers for mistreating him and making him feel unloved and unwanted.
The creature’s story call into question Victor’s belief that the creature is innately evil because he intentionally plotted to kill William. The creature(Frankeinstein) only became evil because he had no one to care about him. When victor created the creature he thought that he was ugly and didn’t want to be near him. As a result, started to treat him the way he felt about him internally . Although, if the creature had been shown love instead of disgust the creature would of had a different approach to life. As the book progress into the second and third volume the monster wants revenge on victor just because he didn’t get the love he desperately wants.
Victor believes that his creature is innately evil, because the creature killed another human. Not only did he kill a person but he killed someone extremely close to Victor, his younger brother William. At first , the creature was completely oblivious of himself or the world around him. He later started to become more aware of the way he looks but believed the world would accept him. Finally, after being rejected by many and abandoned by cottagers, the creature became evil because of the hatred he had for the people that mistreated him. Although the creature was taught properly, he threw all that away when he saw how others treated him.
Victor Frankenstein believed that his creature is evil because of the events that caused the murder of William and Justine. the creature did not know of the social standards and of the world outside of him but learned to develop language and the awareness of right and wrong. The creature became self-aware of his appearance and understood that he will never be accepted into society. The creature then seeks vengeance on the people and Victor who would not allow him to be part of the society and for having victor create him in the first place if he knew that he would be the monster he became.
The first impression one gets about the monster is that he is disgusting, scary, and evil.
The giant enters the world with the hope of serving people, making friends with them, but, not finding a place for himself among them, he becomes an enemy of humanity and brings down his first blows on his creator. Frankenstein’s brilliant discovery turns against him, as the people closest to him are dying. Listening to the passionate confession of the giant he created and persecuted by people, Frankenstein understands: “His tale, and the feelings he now expressed, proved him to be a creature of fine sensations; and did I not, as his maker, owe him all the portion of happiness that it was in my power to bestow? He saw my change of feeling, and continued – “.
The creature is perceived to be inherently evil by Victor at first. This is primarily due to its look from the beginning all the way to when it took a humans life, William. Whether or not he believes he was justified for the way he is, was no concern to Victor, as he was already labeled as evil. However, we come to learn and realize that it ultimately was in reaction to the way the creature was treated throughout its journey, Mistreatment, neglect, loneliness, and the sorts led to it feeling rage and having its gentle heart broken. This is type of cause and effect behavior is also common within people in the real world.
After the creatures observations of the cottagers lead him to read books and exercise his mind, he shows a mature range of emotions that seem innate yet untapped. “I can hardly describe to you the effect of these books. They produced in me an infinity of new images and feelings, that sometimes raised me to ecstacy, but more frequently sunk me into the lowest dejection.” He starts to show signs of self-awareness and understanding of human relationships as he learns more about the history of the world. To his disappointment, he realizes his ability to sympathize with the beings he was reading about yet “related to none.” These examples contradicts the image of himself given to him from the beginning of his existence. Victor brought him to life for him only to be met with disgust upon his appearance. Victor believes that his creation is innately evil because he says only a monster could murder a child. However, as the creature wanders out into the world in search of human connection but is met with rejection, it may be more human than monster to relate his actions to his inner turmoil.
The monster, contrary to Victor’s beliefs, is actually very innocent and naive at first, however things changed due to the way people treated it including Victor. When he was first created, he was innocent and had no evil intent at all. For example, he helped a girl from drowning and although the act was an act of kindness, the girl however did not see it that way, and instead hated the creature. This is somewhat to the creature because he thought he would be treated better because he saved a life but instead was met with anger and fear, which eventually led to the monster being shot and onpy then, where the poeple turned their backs on the monster and made him feel like an outcast and unwanted. He felt betrayed and lonely due to his looks and this eventually turned him into the monster Victor saw at the Alpes where he murdered his brother. Yes he becomes evil later on, but that is through the fault of other people, especially Victor.
The creature’s story call into question Victor’s belief that the creature is innately evil because of how Victor had started calling the creature ‘a monster’ based on the creature’s appearance, which demonstrates how Victor was judging the creature based on how he looked like on the outside without trying to get to know him better on the inside, ” I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished,
and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart”. When we do get to know the creature, we realize just how innocent he was when he describes how beautiful he views life upon his first wake. His early view of life makes him so close to nature because of how he felt one with it at the beginning, that is until Victor and people in general made him feel like an outcast in society.