Frankenstein State Of Nature Essay

Mary Shelley develops her belief about the inherent state of nature through the creature.

The author develops her belief that we are naturally social animals through the creature. The creature and Victor are in the mountain, and the creature tells victor about how he had killed William and framed Justine. He goes on about how he had no companion and the how miserable he was and tells victor to make him a companion. “We may not part until you have promised to comply with my requisition. I am alpine and miserable; man will not associate with me; but one as deformed and horrible as myself would not deny herself to me. My companion must be of the same species and have the same defects. This being you must create” (Shelley, 133). The creature

The creature builds up the courage to go talk to Mr. Delacey and convince him to help him out, so that he would have a relationship with the Delacey’s. He talks about his experience and his feelings of neglect, loneliness, and misery. “I am an unfortunate and deserted creature; I look around and I have no relation or friend upon this earth. These amiable people to whom I go have never seen me and know little of me. I am full of fears, for if I fail there, I am an outcast in the world forever” (Shelley, 122). In this passage, the creature is on a rant to Mr. Delacey about how he is miserable and deserted with no friends in his life. He subtly brings up the Delacey family and how he has been with them for a long time. They don’t know him, but wish for them to accept him. The creature longs for a family, and he says that if he fails there, he would be an outcast forever. All the creature wants is for someone to accept him for who he is, someone that will care for him, and just a friend who he can talk to. Shelley uses the creature’s need for a relationship

The creature roams the forest after victor had ran away from him and as he walks through the forest he approaches a bright orange light. He had never seen anything like it before, he recalls feeling the warmth of the fire for the first time, and how it illuminates in the dark night. Out of curiosity, the creature reaches out to the fire but was taken aback by the burning and painful sensation. “’One day. When I was oppressed by cold, I found a fire which had been left by some wandering beggars, and was overcome with delight at the warmth I experienced from it. In my joy I thrust my hand into the live embers, but quickly drew it out again with a cry of pain. How strange, I though, that the same cause should produce such opposite effects!” (Shelley, 92). The creature sees a fire for the first time and is fascinated and so he reaches for the fire only to receive pain. Since the creature had just been recently made at this time he has no knowledge of the world, he is a blank paper, that doesn’t know the danger of the fire. He is equivalent to a new born baby, Just like a baby, he is brought into the world with no knowledge and with no one to teach him. So the only way he learns is through his own experiences. The creature is spying on the delaceys when he finds out that people can communicate throught strange sounds. “I found that these people possessed a method of