Friday, March 16, 2012

The Monster More Human than Man?

At some point, ironically enough, the monster seems to show more human qualities than Victor Frankenstein, his creator.

Humans tend to be there for one another. For example, when a mother has a child, no matter how pretty or ugly, the mother will care and nurture for her baby as long as the child is dependent on someone else. And even after the child is grown and gone, the mother continues to care for them. On the other hand, as soon as Frankenstein saw the monster, he ran away afraid at what he had done, and left the monster alone to figure out how to live by his self.

After the monster murdered many of Frankensteins family members and close friends, he admitted to his crimes and told the reasoning behind them. In complete contrast, Victor Frankenstein wasn't "man enough" to admit that he had even created the beast that was committing all of those horrible crimes. Frankenstein was so worried about what people thought and how they would treat him if they were to ever figure out what he had done, that he was willing to keep letting the monster run wild killing more innocent people.

Even though the monster looked nothing like a human from the outside, he acted more humanly than even his own creator.

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