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Aileen Duran
English 113B
Professor: Batty
6 May 2015
The monster with good intentions
In the Novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelly the monster was created by Victor
Frankenstein who was so inspired but after his creation he had second thoughts. The monster was
created, but he was looked evil because of his appearance. Also, the monster was trying to live a
normal life by adapting to the humans. The villagers were the ones who made him a monster.
They were not giving him a chance. He was chased and was almost killed. People shouldnt be
so cruel because the way a person looks, they should understand and get to know them before
judgment. In the novel Frankenstein, the monster is distinguished as evil because of his
appearance, but in reality its the villagers who are evil for not understanding him and thinking
he will kill.
During the creation of the monster, Victor was so excited when he was putting his
creation together. When he was on his last steps the monster came to life, but the monsters
appearances made him think differently; "But now that I was finished, the beauty of the dream
vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart unable to endure the aspect of being I
had created." Dr. Frankenstein said in chapter five of the novel Frankenstein. He was horrified
by what he had done, and he worried that if the monster would harm others. Dr. Frankenstein
started having dreams about his dead mother and of his wife dying. He locked himself in a room
and didnt come out until the next day. The monster was already gone by that time. The article
Frankenstein by Terry W. Thompson, stated "its an allusion from father and son." This article

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gives a good example because the monster felt a connection to his creator. He felt that Dr.
Frankenstein was his real dad. Dr. Frankenstein should have given the monster a chance, and as
his creator, he should have understood that he wouldnt know anything. He should not have been
so cruel. Instead he should have been proud that he created something nobody else has done.
Also, instead of looking at him as an ugly person and thinking he will kill. Dr. Frankenstein
should have taught him to become a good person and live like others and treated him as a son
and providing him with food and a home instead letting him run in horror. The monster would
have been different if he would have known how to be human and how to survive. Now that the
monster has seen how his creator reacted to him what is going to be the difference of others. His
own creator treated him badly and ran in horror. How will the villagers react to such a creature?
While the monster was walking with nowhere to go or no sense in how to survive, he was
kicked out by villagers who were disgusted by his appearance. Children and women screamed
their lungs out in horror thinking he was going to harm them. In the article Hideous Prodigies
by Steven Earl Forry he stated that man should not interfere with creating life, something only
God may do. Steven Earl Forry is trying to say that people should not create a living person
because you may not know the consequences. Also, by creating a human being you do not have
the power to make them look normal they can be normal inside but look hideous. The villagers
feared that he would hurt people since he didnt look human. The villagers didnt understand, the
monster was trying to survive. He did not know how to live a normal life since he was created
not born. The problem with todays society is we discriminate too much by the way someone
looks or acts. If the monster was created beautiful the villagers would have not tormented the
monster. Everywhere the monster entered, he was looked as a killer because he didnt look like a
normal human being. The judgment people have is ridiculous. Not everyone is going to look the

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same and because someone is ugly doesnt mean he is a killer. The monster was a good hearted
creature. He even saved a little girl from drowning, but the father was ready to kill him. In the
article The Monster Adapting by Rosy Cruz she says The monster in Mary Shelleys
Frankenstein complies with John Lockes theory of Tabula Rasa; the mind is a blank slate
when we are born and therefore our life experiences are what shape our character. Sense the
monster didnt have any sense of experience and was always chased away he would of let the girl
drown if he was so called evil. Right there the villagers should have had a different mindset.
They should have seen that he was harmless. The monster should have gotten a chance instead of
being chased by everyone. He needed closure he was already abandoned by his creator. The
monster had to learn how to read and speak by observing others. He lived in a cottage where he
learned to be human. Also, he was like a new born baby had to be taught first. He was never evil.
He was just a hideous creator, but with good intentions. The monster wanted people to give him
a chance to let him show how he is not evil.
Furthermore, after all the people screaming and being so scared of him, the monster had
enough he couldnt take being criticized by the villagers any more. It was never his fault and his
decision to be created hideous. Also his intentions were never to harm a person, but he couldn't
take it no more. Essentially, Moral Responsibility in Mary Shelleys Frankenstein by Angie
Allard she states Shelley seems to be saying that we society get the monsters we deserve. In
that case, since the villagers couldnt accept the way he was, so he was going to start doing what
they believe he was going to do. By neglecting and shunning people with socially unacceptable
appearances or behaviors, we create mass murderers. (Allard). A murderer was created by being
out casted by society. In the article Frankenstein is not evil by James Hunt he says factors
such as circumstance can lead previously good people to behave in evil ways Since the monster

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was being judged too much he changed the way he was acting. One day when he was out he
spotted a boy, the boy was Victors brother, and for revenge he killed him. He was angry at his
creator Dr. Frankenstein for leaving him. Unfortunately, Dr. Frankenstein had to live with the
death of his brother. Also the monster thought thats how he would feel better about himself and
his creator would feel what he felt. Throughout all the harm the villagers did they created a
monster. This happens a lot with obese, skinny, tattooed etc. people they are looked at differently
because of their appearance and by being criticized they shut out the world and start to act
different. When out casting the monster and not trying to help him they created the killer. They
are the true monster for criticizing someone because of their appearance. We people create what
we believe is acceptable but in reality we are just creating evil and harming people. Not
accepting someone by their looks and thinking they will harm is wrong. Because we cant see
how they truly feel and what good intentions they have. For example, the monster was a good
hearted, loving person who wanted to fit in and live like other humans. Villagers just thought he
was going to kill and now he will cause of how they destroyed him. After Victor heard about the
news he seek to find the monster. Dr. Frankenstein finds the monster and the monster explains
that he just wants to be happy. The monster asks the doctor to create a mate for him, someone
with whom he can share love and life. Frankenstein rejects this idea, taking away any chance the
creature might have for happiness. Frankenstein's refusal and society's fear of the creature leaves
the monster with a taste for revenge again. The creature swears that Victor will not be happy
either. I don't think this makes him evil just human. The creature wants his creator to feel the
loneliness that he feels without anyone to love and to care for, so he kills everyone who is
important to Dr. Frankenstein his wife and friends.

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If the monster was never treated the way he was then Dr. Frankensteins family would
have still been alive. The monsters intentions were never to harm a human being. He was trying
to survive and be one himself. But instead he was looked as an outcast and was chased by the
villagers. The villagers and Victor were the ones who created a monster. They hurt him and let
him survive on his own. They were the true monsters. People shouldnt be so cruel when
someone is just trying to live their own life. Also appearance doesnt matter because the monster
was a good person. The villagers never saw something so hideous, so their first intention was
that he was going to kill. That was never the case because he would have done it in the
beginning. He was never a bad person. Peoples mindset are to believe that a true killer is
hideous how the monster in Frankenstein is, but they were the true killers.

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Work Cited Page

Frankenstein by Mary Shelly
Is the monster in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein good or evil by Alice Barry. Posted
February 12, 2008. Copyright 2015
Mary Shelleys Frankenstein is a Cautionary Tale on the Monstrosity of which Humans
are Capable by Stephanie Allen. Published 22 January, 2014.

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