Thursday, August 23, 2012
Does a Monster Have to Be Bad?
A character that really intrigued me in Frankenstein was the monster created by Dr. Victor Frankenstein. Frankenstein views this monster as a horrific and disgusting creature that is deceitful and completely evil. When the monster gave his story, however, I got the impression that overall he was a good creature who made bad decisions after the hurt he felt from rejection clouded his judgement of what was morally right. When he told his story about watching, learning, and loving this family only to be abused when he revealed himself, I was touched and felt sympathetic. Frankenstein thinks that the monster is just a master of deceit, but I believe that he expressed what he genuinely felt. If he felt nothing, he would have never visited Frankenstein after he died on the boat. It was Frankenstein who simply could not look past the ugly exterior to see the beautiful personality the monster had. I do not think that the monster should have gone around killing everyone that Frankenstein loved, but I can still understand the hurt he must of felt before going on a murder rampage. I think that if the monster had been loved and cared for, the entire fiasco that occurred could have been avoided.
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I think that for many readers the creature's narrative is transformative. It changes our ideas about the kind of being he is. Mary Shelley puts that narrative in the center of the novel deliberately, I think, to have exactly that effect on the novel as a whole. Good choice.
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