In "Frankenstein" by Griss Grimly, and "At a Window" by Carl Sandburg, the speaker(AT A WINDOW) and creature both want a companion to love and care for. The creature feels lonely, isolated, and rejected by his creator, he craves the love and attention of a companion. He believes that as long as it is someone who looks like him, they will love him because they would be rejected from society like he was. In contrast, the speaker wants love because they don't want to go through the pain of being unloved and being isolated. The creature is willing to become isolated from society and move far from any human beings so that nothing terrible occurs. In chapter seven, the creature states, "We shall be monsters, cut off from all the world; but on that account we shall be more attached to one another." He vows that they will never been seen by any human being and promises to be secluded from the public. In comparison, the speaker states,
"But leave me a little love,
A voice to speak to me in the day end,
A hand to touch me in the dark room
Breaking the long loneliness."
The speaker does not seem to care about the pain and struggles as long as there is a little love. A little love is all it takes to break them free from the shackles of agony and misery. They are willing to receive and go through any sense of
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In "Frankenstein" love doesn't seem to come naturally to the creature. The creature was treated horribly which may leads to major side effects that could influence his emotions. In the novel, Grimly states, "Shall I respect man, when he contemns me? If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear-." How can one say that love will or does come naturally to him when no one but a blind man has ever greeted him as a human being. Having not grown up with affection and care may cause one to struggle later on with those feelings when given the chance to express them. In contrast, the speaker