How Does Shelley Create Monstrosity In Frankenstein

In Mary Shelley 's novel Frankenstein Doctor Victor Frankenstein gives an inanimate

object life. After giving it life he abandons it and learns that it is responsible for little William 's

death. Victor is forced to create the monster a woman so the monster won 't be lonely. This also

gives the monster a chance to love and to be loved. Victor then realizes that creating a woman

for the monster would possibly end human existence. Once he completes it he then rips it apart

so the monstrosity will not spread. This causes the monster to be lonely, and become angry.

When Dr. Frankenstein creates life from a monstrosity of parts he abandons it in disgust

that he had the nerve to give an inanimate object life. From the

This shows that the monster is close to being a human

because if he had feelings then he wouldn’t have cared about having a friend, saving someone, or

about anything that requires emotion.

When it comes near the end of the novel the monster tells Victor that if he meets his

demand to make him a companion he would leave humanity alone. The monster explains that

everything including Lucifer had some form of company, but he is forced to be alone. Victor

feels a conflict with creating this new being, he wants it done so that the monster will leave

everyone alone, but he doesn’t want to doom humanity if he creates a new monster that may end

up the same way as his first one and they decide to have kids. After creating it and completing

the deal, he tears the new creation apart causing the monster to be forever alone. This also

causes the monster to promise that he will be there on Victor’s wedding night.

So, as the story presents, the monster’s intentions were mostly misunderstood. The

monster never learned how to love or be loved. It is said that love is an equalizer for the darkest

of places of the human consciousness, which includes the most monstrous; this is