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Eloise Mendelson Ms. Davis Literature and Composition May 1st, 2024 The Monsters Nurture Towards Evil Throughout the novel Frankenstein's monster is treated despicably by all aspects of society, especially his creator. The Monster can not once “catch a break”. This continually mistreatment of him results in extreme outlashing and killings. But at the end of the day, these outbursts were a reaction to the world's rejection of him. His violent and angry demeanor is a product of how he has been treated, and the Monster is so hurt by society that he turns from innocence to evil. Furthermore he has no parental figure and is left to the cruelness of humanity alone, being rejected by the one who made him, causing extreme loathing and resentment. Because …show more content…

The Monster begins to be nurtured towards hatred throughout the book, after countless negative experiences with humans his perception of them begins to take a negative turn. These experiences begin from the moment the Monster is “born”, when Victor first sees his creation he is shocked by his ugliness and exclaims, “How can I describe my emotions at this catastrophe, or how do I delineate the wretch with which I have endeavoured to form? His limbs were in proportion, and I had selected his features as beautiful, beautiful! Great God - Great Job! His yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath; his hair was of lustrous black, and flowing; his teeth of pearly whiteness; but these luxuriances only formed a more horrid contrast with his watery eyes, that seemed almost of the same colour as the dun-white sockets in which they were set, his shrivelled complexion and straight black lips.” (Shelley 58). While to Victor this is a simple reaction, to the Monster this is his first outlook on life. The Monster is

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