Character Analysis Of The Monster In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

The novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley demonstrates how science does not create monsters, society creates monsters. Shelley portrays the creature as Satan, as well as, Adam using dialogue and characterization.

To start off, Shelley depicts the creature as Satan due to his many murders throughout the novel. However, he murdered so many because he was never taught how to deal with people not liking him, or how to do anything really, since Victor abandoned him. When the creature was first created Victor says, “the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart” (35). He says this before the creature has even done anything; Victor instantly rejects him solely on his appearance. The creature was created for good

He knows he could be good and that he was meant to be good, but instead like Satan he was thrown out of his own society and into his own personal hell. The creature wants to be like Adam and he kind of relates to him, but due to how he has been treated he says, “Like Adam, I was apparently united by no link to any other being in existence; but his state was far different from mine in every other respect. He had come forth from the hands of God a perfect creature, happy and prosperous, guarded by the especial care of his Creator; he was allowed to converse with, and acquire knowledge from, beings of a superior nature: but I was wretched, helpless, and alone. Many times I considered Satan as the fitter emblem of my condition; for often, like him, when I viewed the bliss of my protectors, the bitter gall of envy rose within me” (chapter 15) .The creature wants to be a part of society and contribute, but “Everywhere [he sees] bliss, from which [he is] alone irrevocably excluded” (69). The creature does not understand why he is so hated he says, “All men hate the wretched; how, then, must I be hated, who am miserable beyond all living things! Yet you, my creator, detest and spurn me, thy creature, to whom thou are bound by ties only dissoluble by the annihilation of one of us” (68). He is alone but he does not want to be he wants to be included; he wants to be normal like everyone else. He goes as far as helping old man De Lacey, Felix and Agatha. De Lacey the blind man is the only person who treats the creature with respect and treats him as if he was human. This occurs because he is blind he doesn’t see the horrific face he judges the creature solely on personality. This shows us how judgmental and how wrong individuals can be about a person if they form and opinion based on looks