A Monster with Feelings
Frankenstein had no clue to how the monster that he created would react about life in his unsightly gargantuan body. He could not have thought that far in advance and I’m also sure that he gave no earthly thoughts of how the monster would respond to his surroundings or feel inside. Yet as the monster gained knowledge of human nature and from whence he came, he became emotionally deranged as thoughts of vindication clouded his better judgment. Shelley does a great job of allowing one to feel the true revulsion as the monster says, “… I discovered some papers in the pocket of the dress which I had taken from your laboratory….It was your journal of the four months that preceded my creation….Every thing is related in them which bears reference to my accursed origin; the whole detail of that series of disgusting circumstances which it is set in view…” (87). If this is not true disgust and hatred for oneself and ones creator, then what would you call it? A simple case of low self esteem? He will only be appeased if he has a female that is just as dreadful looking as he is. The monster is trying to appeal to the inner essence of any man; a mate that resembles himself. Frankenstein seems to be stirred when the monster passionately states, “If you consent, neither you nor any other human being shall ever see us again: I will go to the vast wilds of South America ….My companion will be of the same nature as myself, and will be content with the same fare” (Shelley 99). The monster is practically begging his creator to give to him what all men want; a woman. Did not Frankenstein do what men usually do? He was somewhat selfish in not considering the feelings of the being that he was creating: only that he was in the process of creating.