The Influence Of Creature In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

The creature was created with the intention of goodness and purity but because of this, he wasn’t equipped to deal with the rejection of his creator. After Victor Frankenstein’s death, Robert Walton walks in to see the creature standing over his friend’s lifeless body.
“My heart was fashioned to be susceptible of love and sympathy; and, when wrenched by misery to vice and hatred, it did not endure the violence of the change without torture such as you cannot even imagine.” (3rd Edition, Page 218, Shelley)
He doesn’t use the word created which would mean brought into existence but “fashioned,” which is interpreted as man-made. He also says the previous point in past tense was fashioned. As in it was originally intended for that purpose but not anymore, so what changed? His heart was suppose to be able to be influenced by kindness but the first thing he experienced was the fear of Victor causing him to flee. It also means influenced and the creature was influenced by Victor’s perception towards him. Love can be described as an intense feeling of passion and that was Victor when creating the Creature. The creatures apparent switch between love and hatred can be traced back to the fact there was no caring influence in his first few months alive. He views this betrayal as a denying of his basic right to be loved and cared for.

As Victor created

the creature, he had a certain image in his mind of what it would turn out like but as soon as the end product didn’t meet his expectations, Victor viewed the creature as tainted. Directly after Victor infused the spark into the creatures lifeless body.
It was already one in the morning; the rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; (3rd Edition, Page 83, Shelley)
Half-extinguished is a light that has been darkened or dying. This can be interpreted to mean the light has been corrupted. Another example of this is in the creatures “dull yellow eye,” he is describing a color that is as vibrant as yellow as dull. This can go back to the idea that the first thing Victor sees of the creature is tainted light. Victor relies heavily on the beauty of things so even though the rest of the creature is proportional, that one flaw was enough to turn Victor against his creation. Victor’s obsession with appearance caused a riff between him and his creation, eventually turning into hate and resentment.

As Victor created the creature, he had a certain image in his mind of what it would turn out like but as soon as the end product didn’t meet his expectations, Victor viewed the creature as tainted. Directly after Victor infused the spark into the creatures lifeless body.
It was already one in the morning; the rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; (3rd Edition, Page 83, Shelley)
Half-extinguished is a light that has been darkened or dying.

This can be interpreted to mean the light has been corrupted. Another example of this is in the creatures “dull yellow eye,” he is describing a color that is as vibrant as yellow as dull. This can go back to the idea that the first thing Victor sees of the creature is tainted light. Victor relies heavily on the beauty of things so even though the rest of the creature is proportional, that one flaw was enough to turn Victor against his creation. Victor’s obsession with appearance caused a riff between him and his creation, eventually turning into hate and

resentment.
Victor created the creature to be better than man and but because of all his flaws he was made out to seem more human, so Victor started perceiving him as less, as a monster. He was originally created to be better than man in every aspect but he had a flaw which made him less than in Victor’s eyes. Because the Creature has this flaw he is more human and since Victor didn’t want that, he perceived as less than human. Victor’s bitterness in the first passage was caused by his need to connect with others but it was all taken by Victor. The original “love” Victor had was caused by the glory he would get for creating life, but this was just a facade of fame and when his plan finally came to fruition, it wasn’t what he expected and therefore viewed as negative in his mind.

Frankenstein’s expectations about how his experiment would turn out eventually lead to his own downfall. It is human nature to care about how perceive one another but then cannot help judging other by first glance. The creature believed his original purpose was to better mankind but his flaws made him less than that.