Monster In Frankenstein
When the monster told his story to Frankenstein, he talked about appreciating the beauty of nature early on in his life experience. He enjoyed the birdsong and the beauty of the forest before he encountered humanity. He was pleased and was enjoying life. Nature itself, before he even knew what it was, made the monster happy. When the monster awakes into existence, he is confused. He has no sense of belonging since his master and creator has already rejected him. This leads to loneliness and fear. He is like an orphan, but the pleasant sight of the moon comforts him. He draws strength from nature's wonder. The monster is fascinated by nature around him. He begins to explore things for himself and experiments with food. One day the monster finds a fire and is pleased at the warmth it creates. He becomes interested in the fire, but he becomes dismayed when he burns himself. He realizes that he can keep the fire alive by adding wood. He finds that the fire is good not only for heat and for warmth, but also as for making food taste better. The monster starts to gain interest in the human beings that surround him. He is fascinated by the sight of a hut and on walking in frightens a shepherd away. This is the beginning of his rej
Mary Shelly's Frankenstein portrays an all-good monster that suffers for no reason. He is abandoned by his creator and has to turn to nature and humans. He is constantly rejected by people he encounters and seeks revenge for his suffering. He kills his creator's brother and frames an innocent child. All the monster seeks is acceptance, but never gets what he deserves. On course to Geneva, he comes across a young girl who falls into a stream. The monster rushes to rescue her. Her father, not realizing that the monster saved his daughter, becomes terrified to see her with the monster and shoots him. The monster is punished for his good deeds and is not given a chance by the humans. The monster no longer took comfort in the natural beauty of the world because humanity made it ugly for him. The imperfection of human beings marred the glory of nature. Because of these incidents, he resolves to stay away from humans. One night he sleeps in a small hovel next to a cottage. He finds out that he can see into the cottage through a crack in the wall. He observes that the occupants are a young man, a young woman, and an old man. He spends the whole winter observing the family and the neighborhood undetected. The monster's attitude towards humans changes through the course of the novel. After being abandoned by his creator, he wonders off in nature. He becomes fascinated by intelligent civilization and tries to investigate it. However, when he meets humans, they become scared of him time after time again. After he becomes discouraged, he hides out and observes a family. He gains confidence that this family will accept him and gains the courage to approach them. However, the humans reject him. He gets hatred for humans. He seeks revenge against humans. He burns down the house of the family who rejected him and kills Victor Frankenstein's brother. His curiosity of humans and knowledge increases when he notices the subjects that he is studying are able to communicate with each other using strange sounds. He tries to match the sounds they make with the actions they perform and tries to learn their language. He acquires a basic knowledge of the language, including the names of Felix and Agatha. He admires their graceful forms and is shocked by his ugliness when he sees his reflection in a pool of water. After being rejec
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