Mary Shelley, author of the classic novel, " Frankenstein," in an attempt to reveal the true nature of a monster, its uncanny suffering and grief, so as the events that will shape him a hated creature, starts her book in such a way that the reader starts feeling this sort of darkened and desolated environment, which will act, I think, as a metaphor of the following events. ... Although there are no people in the ship able to offer Walton a close relationship of profound knowledge and friendship, this stranger looks like the companion Watson's been wishing for during his whole quest. ...

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However, the true definition of a monster is one who commits malicious acts for personal gain and lacks the caring that a normal human being would have, clearly contradicting the fact that the Creature seeks a healthy bond with his creator and friendships with other human beings. ... These personal traits fuel his wicked aspirations for power and knowledge and motivate him in his reckless, fatal decision to create the Creature, proving Victor to be the true monster of the story. ...

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Could they turn from their door one, however monstrous, who solicited their compassion and friendship? ... Had he been introduced to an unbiased world where appearance is not a constituent of a proper human being, the creature would have maintained his innocence and kept true to what we define as "humanity". ...

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She grew fond of Baxter, and a friendship soon developed between Mary and his two daughters, Christina and Isabel" (Ty). ... Though, like Frankenstein, there must be some element of enjoyment or peace which is retrieved from isolation, both Frankenstein and Shelley are able to be alone, or rather away from the influences of society, they are both more capable of expressing their true selves. ...

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In a last attempt to acquire friendship and love, the monster eventually presents himself to the De Lacey's, but upon being beaten with a stick and rejected by them, he "declares ever-lasting war" against all man kind and specifically his creator Victor (Shelley 99). ... Following Rousseau's analysis, a creature in the true state of nature would not have any feeling resulting from comparison and could not know hatred or revenge, a creature in the state of nature would not have any sense of honor that could be damaged (Discourse 147) However, by meeting the De Lacey family t...

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However, beneath Victor's elegant and philanthropic surface lies a more unattractive trait, which makes readers doubt whether his true intentions with the creation really were as noble as he makes them out to be. ...

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