Examples Of Benevolence In Frankenstein
The Benevolence of Frankenstein's creature
The creature’s claims of his benevolence prior to uniting with Victor Frankenstein was true, based on his admiration of the cottages that he observed and the acts of kindness that he performs for them. The creature expresses his adoration for the cottagers, because when he observes them he “felt sensations of peculiar and overpowering [force]... such as [he] had never experienced, either from hunger and cold, warmth and food”(105). From observing the cottagers he learns how to read, talk, as well as how human society works. The creature is so moved by observing their daily motions he hopes that one day they, “ [his] protectors”(121) will not judge him as cruelly as the other people have before them. …show more content…
His claim for a war against humans is only based on a stereotype that humans are horrible creatures based on first-hand experience. Not all people are as judgemental as he believes. Out of all of the people the creature has encountered, D’Lacey was the only man who had treated him with kindness, as he did not know of the creatures grotesque appearance. All humans are different and going to war would only end with him harming the innocent, and not the people who had wronged him. The murder and the framing of two innocent people are uncalled for. William may be related to Victor Frankenstein, the creature's creator and may have judged the creature's appearance but that is a normal response when someone is encountered by a stranger in the woods. Justine's framing of his crimes is also unacceptable as in the end, she was a mere victim of circumstances. Justine had no relation to the creature’s creator and did not react negatively to him as she was asleep. In the end, Justine had to die for payment of the crime that the creature had
The creature’s claims of his benevolence prior to uniting with Victor Frankenstein was true, based on his admiration of the cottages that he observed and the acts of kindness that he performs for them. The creature expresses his adoration for the cottagers, because when he observes them he “felt sensations of peculiar and overpowering [force]... such as [he] had never experienced, either from hunger and cold, warmth and food”(105). From observing the cottagers he learns how to read, talk, as well as how human society works. The creature is so moved by observing their daily motions he hopes that one day they, “ [his] protectors”(121) will not judge him as cruelly as the other people have before them. …show more content…
His claim for a war against humans is only based on a stereotype that humans are horrible creatures based on first-hand experience. Not all people are as judgemental as he believes. Out of all of the people the creature has encountered, D’Lacey was the only man who had treated him with kindness, as he did not know of the creatures grotesque appearance. All humans are different and going to war would only end with him harming the innocent, and not the people who had wronged him. The murder and the framing of two innocent people are uncalled for. William may be related to Victor Frankenstein, the creature's creator and may have judged the creature's appearance but that is a normal response when someone is encountered by a stranger in the woods. Justine's framing of his crimes is also unacceptable as in the end, she was a mere victim of circumstances. Justine had no relation to the creature’s creator and did not react negatively to him as she was asleep. In the end, Justine had to die for payment of the crime that the creature had