After the creature's rejection from the DeLacy's he comes across William Frankenstein's young brother and believes the child to young to be corrupted and turned by society,.
An idea seized me, that this little creature was unprejudiced, and had lived too short a time to have imbibed a horror and deformity.
However the creature learns that even from an early age society changed people's views and ideas and to everyone his appearance is seen and he is judged before people get to know the person that he is, '"Let me go!" he cried; "Monster! Ugly wretch.".
Shelley makes a point therefore that even though people may be born innocent from an early age society turns and changes the way people are, and by this Shelley is disagreeing with society.
Rousseau's theory of the Noble Savage can be linked to this idea. Rousseau contended that man is essentially good 'a noble savage' when in the 'state of nature', which means before the creation of society and civilisation, and also that good people are made unhappy and corrupt by their experiences with society. Rousseau viewed society as being 'artificial' and that the furthering of society results in the unhappiness of man. Rousseau's theory is similar to the idea Shelley brings across in Frankenstein, that although a human may be born innocent society makes them believe a person must fit certain requirements to fit into societies expectation of people.
During the time of Frankenstein writers were increasingly writing about the power of the imagination and of creativity, there was a romantic view of the imagination and creativity, and the mind's power to create something out of chaos, for example the Miller's strike and the industrial revolution. During the novel Shelley uses this idea for the character Victor Frankenstein, who dares to use his imagination to create something real. This idea can be taken and linked to Milton's idea of how the world was created, how God, after expelling Satan and his angels out of heaven, creates another world for the other creatures to live in; ideas such as this were seen as God like, and artistic creativity was seen as God like.
