In the story Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, after the creature is created and then abandoned by Victor, he continues to fulfill his needs to move up Maslow’s Hierarchy. The creature is eventually stalled as he can not fulfill his need for love, and just as Maslow predicts he becomes murderous and violent. As the creature started to fulfill the basic needs such as survival, “higher needs [emerged], and these dominate the organism” until they are satisfied as well (Maslow). The creature has fulfilled both his survival and safety needs as he found a shelter next to a cottage where he feels safe, and now he starts to work on other needs that are higher up on Maslow’s hierarchy. While the creature watches the cottagers he “longs to join them” and he admires …show more content…
The creature begins to feel lonely as he has nobody to accompany him and when he notices the way the cottagers “enjoy one another’s company”, he only gets more depressed. The creature eventually gains the courage and he approaches the cottagers, but he is “dashed” to the ground and “struck violently with a stick” (Shelley 136). Humans are scared of the creature because of his wretched appearance. Even though the creature does not mean any harm, the fact that he looks nothing like a human or anything the cottagers have seen before forces them to attack the creature in order to protect themselves and secure their own safety. Maslow believes that “violence and other evil occur” when people's needs are “thwarted” (Maslow). The creature has now stalled and although he has tried desperately, he can not fulfill his need for love and he gets very angry because of this. The creature later runs into a little boy and learns that he is Victor's brother, he “grasps his throat … and in a moment he lay dead at [the creatures] feet” (Shelley