In Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein the creature is seen as a tragic figure who causes pain to people by not only using revenge to get back at Victor but also because he doesn’t have a companion and Victor has unfortunately abandoned him. The creature despises Victor and takes revenge on the things he loves because he doesn’t have anyone who loves him. Obsession and vengeance are powerful tools that can change the shape of the mind and can cause the most benevolent people into a malevolent person with harmful intentions. The creature when he was created wasn’t meant for hatred, he turned evil once Victor had abandoned him and pushed him away. By Victor refusing everything that the creature wants the more evil and dark the monster becomes which leads to the creature’s final stand which was when he lured Victor on his wedding night all the way up north just so Victor can have his revenge on the creature who just killed his Elizabeth “She was there, lifeless and …show more content…
However, the creature was once a benevolent creature learning from the cottagers and studying human interactions and learned how to speak because of Paridise Lost and other ancient literature. But, in the novel because the creature has been turned away from the only person the creature knows he turns to violence “Yet you, my creator, detest and spurn me, thy creature…… My rage was without bounds.”(Frankenstein 68). This is showing how the creature was not only turned away but also the creature admitted he was never initially violent. Consequently, this also shows how these two characters the creature and Victor couldn’t coexist because one of them would die before the other and in this case victor does. However, the creature claims that Victor is his victim “That is also my victim.” (Frankenstein,