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Frankenstein Monster Analysis

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“How was it possible for the world to be so beautiful and so cruel at the same time?” (Hearn). One simple answer, humans. Humans make this world beautiful and yet wicked all at once. The creature that Victor created is a human. His physical attributes may say otherwise, but he has the mental quality of feeling emotions and making his own decisions that leads to character development throughout the story. “But these words, people threw around - humans, monsters, heroes, villains - to Victor it was all just a matter of semantics. Someone could call themselves a hero and still walk around killing dozens. Someone else could be labeled a villain for trying to stop them. Plenty of humans were monstrous, and plenty of monsters knew how to play at being human.” (Schwab). This text explains how different individual identifies someone as a human or as a monster. In our society, mostly people easily judge one another by a simple glance, similar to how the creature was surmise as a monster by everyone he meets because of his physical attribute and that’s the thing about us “humans” we tend to look at the smaller details of a bigger picture rather than taking in everything we see then that’s when we get to decide whether if it is worth it to judge someone by what we only on …show more content…

Even if you were really criminal, for that can only drive you to desperation, and not instigate you to virtue. I also am unfortunate; I and my family have been condemned, although innocent; judge, therefore, if I do not feel for your misfortunes."
“How can I thank you, my best and only benefactor? From your lips first have I heard the voice of kindness directed towards me; I shall be forever grateful; and your present humanity assures me of success with those friends whom I am on the point of meeting.” (15.46) The fact that he could feel the warmth of love and joy from talking to DeLacey about his family tells us that he is aware of understanding what it meant to give love and to be

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