Interpreting Natural Occurences In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

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In Mary Shelley's renowned novel, Frankenstein, the young Victor Frankenstein pursuex his passion of creating life. When doing so, he creates a myserious creature who appears to have malicious intents throughout his spree of kills. However, upon interpreting its reason for doing so through its personal narration, the creature's decisions appear to be influenced by a nurturing aspect, as opposed to more natural behaviors, as a prominent debate in developmental psychology argues. At the beginning of chapter 11, the creature becomes familiar with a variety of its own senses. While exhibiting natural occurences throughout its personal discovery, the creature soon feels abandoned by his creator. Shelley, as the creature in chapter 15, writes, "[Frankenstein]