Frankenstein's Creature How Often Does Essay

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The creature grew fond of the family and perceived them to be his protectors. He laboriously studied the family; he learned about their relations to one another, he felt their moods and he practiced their language. He had hoped to be accepted as a member of the family and developed a plan for revealing himself. He decided to first approach the elderly, blind father; the creature hoped to gain the father's friendship and to be introduced to the rest of his family. On finding the father alone one day, the creature approached the cottage and spoke with the father. The father unable to see the creature showed kindness towards him. Unfortunately, the children returned within minutes and upon seeing the creature thought their father was in danger. The few moments of acceptance were quickly turned to rejection. The family immediately vacated the cottage, never to return.

The creature was convinced acceptance by others was never to be; that he would always be perceived as a danger and would never experience companionship or love. This realization turned into anger towards Frankenstein, his creator who took no responsibility in caring for the creature and was the first to reject him. The creature's need for fellowship turned into thoughts of evil, wishing to fill his creator's life with the same kind of loneliness and despair he experienced. He gave up on receiving any recognition or acceptance from society and turned his energies to causing pain and suffering to Frankenstein.

One often asks if an evil person exist because of nature or because of nurturing.

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In the case of the creature the evil results from the lack of nurturing. Frankenstein and all others the creature encounter assumed him to be dangerous. The truth was that Frankenstein was the one to be feared. Frankenstein built the creature to fulfill his need for accomplishment and recognition. Frankenstein's own rejection of the creature began to planet the seed of worthlessness in the creature's heart. The continuous rejection and isolation turned the creature's immature heart into a black heart -- hating the world for hating and fearing him.

One must consider this tale as a morality play. The hatred and unkindness express by the many to the few results in terrible consequences. Did Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold kill themselves and others because of the pain inflicted through the constant teasing they received? Was the extreme anxiety Seung-Hui Cho suffered caused by rejection? Did the lack of social acceptance and the resulting self- hatred become his motivation for committing mass murder at Virginia Tech?

In the end, the creature feared himself. He feared his response to rejection had overtaken him. The end of the revenge he sought could be relieved only by the suffering and death of Frankenstein; just as Frankenstein believed he could only relieve his suffering through the dead of the creature. Both Frankenstein and the creature learned that evil not only hurts its' victims but also consumes the one that impose misery and death….....

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