Thursday, November 29, 2012

The Creature Continues to Transform

In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, the creature continues to evolve to an interesting state.  Throughout his beginnings, the monster deemed docile and peaceful, and simply looking for companionship of anybody that would care for him.  But shortly after exposing himself to and being rejected by the family he thought were so noble, his heart becomes dark.  His immediate thoughts after putting himself out there was, "Cursed, cursed creator!  Why did I live?  Why, in that instant, did I not extinguish the spark of existence which you had so wantonly bestowed?" (Shelley, 97).  The family he had spied on had been put on a pedestal in his mind, they being the family that might be able to accept him.  But with their rejection and fear, he began to question the purpose of his life.  He soon realized that he needed some form of companionship, but would be unable to find it through a human.  His darkness continues as he kills Victor's little brother in order to attract him to his home town.  The monster that threatens that the brother will only be the first of his victims if he was not granted a partner.  When he was not, he indeed does follow through and kills Victor's best friend and his wife.  This rejection has twisted the monster's mind into the school of thought that violence is the superior way to achieve one's goals.

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