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Essay / Frankenstein - 1067
In Frankenstein, there are characters who have questionable morality. A character's morality is revealed by the circumstances they are given and the actions they perform. Frankenstein was misunderstood as a child; this gives him some sympathy. However, his display of immorality draws blood from various characters in the novel and brings no sympathy to his creation. This clearly shows his moral state: a real monster. While it is clear that Frankenstein has no morality, he is in reality the monster of this novel whose morality is ambiguous. The monster's noble actions and search for understanding are obscured by the derailments that occur through incomprehension and isolation. From the second the monster is born, it is abandoned, alone, judged and misunderstood. “His jaws opened and he muttered inarticulate sounds, while a smile creased his cheeks. He could have spoken, but I didn't hear; a hand outstretched, apparently to hold me, but I escaped and rushed down the stairs” (Shelley 61). This line foreshadows the incomprehension and loneliness to come. The monster's first gesture is a smile, a sign of friendliness. However, the monster even has the chance to be heard. Otherwise, his intentions might not seem so bad to everyone; instead, the monster is already judged solely on its appearance. Victor does not take responsibility for overseeing his creation and abandons it. Interestingly, the monster's appearance is Victor's design; he already knew what the monster must look like. Thus, the monster is isolated from human contact because its design is not that of a normal human. Without a human to speak of this monster's generosity, he is considered only a demon. This type of treatment will eventually... middle of paper ...... so, ironically, the monster turned out to be more human than anyone else in the novel. It seemed that he had an innate sense of caring: he saved the girl from drowning. The monster also had the ability to forgive; the monster would leave Victor if he gave him a mate. The monster had a creator like humans are said to have, and the revenge the monster took are also actions humans would take. After all, the monster who kills William and has Justine wrongly executed is just as bad as Victor not defending Justine. If Victor is considered human, the separation between monster and human is tiny. All that made the monster different from someone you would call human was the monster's appearance. It is possible that science evolved too quickly and caused the destruction to begin in the novel. As for the monster, he was really good.