Birth Of A Monster

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creating his child, Victor never considered whether this creature would even want to exist. He also didn't take enough care with the creature's appearance. Victor never considered how such a creature would be able to exist with human beings. He did not take time with the features either and created a being with a horrifying appearance. Unable to accept his creation, Victor abandons his "child" and all parental responsibility. He even wishes that his "child" were dead. "I gnashed my teeth, my eyes became inflamed, and I ardently wished to extinguish that life which I has so thoughtlessly bestowed (Shelley 61)."
Victor Frankenstein because of his scientific curiosity wanted to bring back the dead by animating the life less. Not knowing what will happen to this being after being brought back from the dead. Victor obviously did not take in to consideration that this being will have emotions, giving it the ability to feel, pain, love and sorrow. So by disowning his ...

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language. Not only does the creature learn morality and virtue from the DeLacey family but also acquires a small library, which enlarges his knowledge of human vice and virtue. From Plutarch’s Lives of the Noble Romans he learns about human virtue, heroism, and civil justice. In his reading of Milton’s Paradise Lost, he learns the
origins of good and evil as well as the roles of the sexes. Finally, in Goethe’s The Sorrows of Werther he learns of the range of emotions, from love to depression and despair.
The creature received an excellent education but unfortunately this caused a greater need for love and acceptance. Once the creature left the state of nature and ...

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