A Monster’s Ethics Education and knowledge of society is critical to a person’s growing mindset. The four works the monster in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein all played a significant role in the monster’s characteristics of rage and loneliness. Firstly, the biographies Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans by Plutarch of Greek and Roman heroes with the virtues that came with battle inspired the monster’s mortality. The literature has given him “high thought” and he “felt the greatest ardour for virtue rise within me, and abhorrence for vice…” although it has sparked violence in him, believing that if he was introduced to “a young soldier, burning for glory and slaughter” the monster would be inspired for the same passion. Then the second work, …show more content…
Whoever relates to this depressed character; they might feel like because they are unlovable and lonely, the endgame must be death. And with limited experiences, the monster did not understand fully, but still had an intense emotion of sadness for Werther, and even related to him, “I applied much personally to my own feelings and condition.” The reading of Milton’s Paradise Lost had a lot of impact on the creature’s self perception. This book was on the creation of Adam, it greatly contradicts with the story of the monster because Adam had the protection and love of his creator, and a lover. At first, the monster relates to Adam because neither are linked to any other existence, but because Adam is “happy and prosperous” the creature felt more like Satan. A lonely and envious emblem who viewed their creators with great hate. However the work that had the greatest effect on the creature was Victor’s own laboratory notes. It erupted the monster into such emotion, evoking sympathy from the reader. With these notes, the monster learned about how he became to exist, taking the news sickenly. He ascends into more hate for Victor, “‘Accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust?” he asks, upset at this