Monstrousness in Frankenstein Almost Everyone Essay

His family worries about him, of course, but they have no idea what is actually the problem. If they did, would they see Victor as a monster? It is difficult to say. Families can overlook a great deal of things when found in a person that family loves. However, some things are simply too great to bear when it comes to what a person has done or what he or she might do in the future. Because of that, Victor avoids telling anyone about the monster until he is on his deathbed. There, he recounts his story to the captain of the ship that has rescued him. In telling the tale, it is possible that the monster is real and also possible that Victor is deluded and he is the monster.

Once Victor dies, the monster appears one last time to grieve for his creator. All he ever wanted was to be loved by the one person who created him, and now that person is dead. The relationship he desired during his entire existence is not something that can ever come to pass. Because of that, the monster goes off to die alone. He is never seen again, and no more killings take place. The ship's captain is one of the few people who see the monster and who are able to have a conversation with the monster. Still, though, he makes no effort to befriend Frankenstein's creation, even knowing the story. This is relatively fascinating, because it shows that - despite what Victor told him about the monster's inner self - the captain is still not willing to befriend something so hideous on the outside. Too often, this is seen to be true in the "real world," as well. Those who look different are shunned, teased, pushed aside, and ignored. Unless a person is "normal" by societal standards, that person is deemed to be unacceptable and not someone to befriend or get close to in any way. When people like Victor Frankenstein blatantly turn their backs on others and allow them to suffer and even to commit horrible acts because of their pain, it brings clarity to the idea that the monster in Frankenstein is not really the monster at all. The monster is Victor.

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Shelley, Mary (1922). Frankenstein. New York: The…