Who's fault was it?

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We all know that the creature did some wrong actions but who is really at fault? In the book Frankenstein by Mary Shelly there are many perspectives that are shown. Different factors all constitute into the creatures wrong doings which show that all three are to blame. Some can say it was the creatures fault himself, society, or Victor Frankenstein the creator. There are many different actors and can all be interpreted differently.
One way in which society influences the Creature’s behavior is their disgust and hateful attitude towards him. For example, when the creature landed upon a village, he was attacked because of his looks, “…I had hardly placed my foot within the door, before the children shrieked and one of the woman fainted. The whole village was roused, some fled, some attacked me, until grievously bruised by stones and many others kinds of missile weapons” (93). Just the looks of the creature was enough to set off the village to attack him. People fear what they don’t understand and can act irrationally. After this, it is understandable that the creature would despise and seek revenge against humans. Another example of how poorly society treats him is shown when the creature finally manages to bring up courage and talks to the blind man. They are interrupted when his family come back home. “Felix darted forward, and with supernatural force tore me from his father… he dashed me to the ground and stuck me violently with a stick” (122). The creature managed to have a conversation with the blind father yet when others say him; he was beaten and chased out. The fact that the family he had observed for so long shunned him at the sight of his face shows the ignorance in society. Society affected the creature by punishing and...

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...ple you to dust!’”(86). Victor did not only just leave the creature, yet he also hates him as well. He is part of the reason that the creature took out all his anger on humans. When no one, not even his creator loved him, he began building up many different emotions inside him that turned into anger.
Society saw him as a repulsive monster that had no other intention that to harm people. This led them to shun him away from everyone. The creature himself also chose some decisions that were not the best options. Victor is responsible for taking care of hi creation. Most people in the world has one person that loves them, but if not one person does, mentally they can fall apart. People need to know that they may be contributing to the problem without even knowing it. All in all, everyone was at fault in some ways or another which led to the creature becoming a monster.

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