Frankenstein: The Creator's Faults In The Creation

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obvious fact that ugliness is the natural result when
something is made from parts of different corpses and put together. Were he
thinking more clearly he would have noticed monster's hideousness.

Another physical aspect of the monster which shows a fault in Frankenstein is
its immense size. The reason that Frankenstein gives for creating so large a
creature is his own haste. He states that ,"As the minuteness of the parts
formed a great hinderance to my speed, I resolved, contrary to my first
intention, to make a being gigantic in stature ..." (52). Had Frankenstein not
had been so rushed to complete his project he would not have had to deal with
such a physically intimidating creature. Tropp however states that ambition may
have had a role in the size of the creation. He says that the creation is "born
of Frankenstein's megalomania" (81). This may indeed be true as the inventor
states "A new species would bless me as its creator and source; many happy and
excellent ...

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solely in aesthetic terms..." (Oates 75).

Throughout the novel Frankenstein continually insists that "The tortures of Hell
are too mild a vengeance for all [the creature's] crimes" (95). Frankenstein is
incorrect, however in assuming that the creature is inherently evil. Mary Lowe-
Evans states that ,"Nothing in Frankenstein is more unexpected than the
Creature's sensitivity" (52). His benevolent nature described in his story is
meant to show that he is not the beast that Frankenstein has made him out to be
(Lowe-Evans 52). The creature is intrigued by the lives of the people that he
finds living in a small cabin, the De Laceys. The creature loves everything
about these people and ...

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