ring the winter months.. He had educated himself through this time, and he was trying to get up the courage to show himself to the family that he loved. All of the creatures actions throughout the time watching over the De Lacys shows his pure heart and good intentions. We are shown by the creatures actions as a young being that he was innately good, thus confirming the theory posed by Jean-Jacques Rousseau.Mary Shelley makes it clearly shown that a person is born with a good heart and soul, but a persons outlook on life can change dramatically by the influence of others and the pursuance of knowledge. When the creature finally gets the nerve to confront the old De Lacy, hoping to be accepted by the old man and eventually by his family, he is violently rejected by the old mans son, sending the creature into an endless rage. The young De Lacy son was unable to see past the creature's appearance, so he reacted with violence. Anne K. Mellor, author of, Mary Shelley - Her Life, Her Fiction, Her Monsters, says:Because the mind is more likely to respond to the unknown with fear and hostility than with love and acceptance, an unfettered imagination is more likely to construct evil than good. (136)The creature was outraged by the rejection, and he cursed his creator, Victor Frankenstein, for putting him on the earth to endure such misery. The creature says, Cursed, cursed creator! Why did I live (Shelley 110)? This rejection by the De Lacy family was the final straw for the creature to hold back his rage. He decided that he hated his creator so passionately, and he would revenge his physical and emotional wounds by destroying Victor's life. The creature says, I will revenge my injuries: if I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear; and chiefly towards you (Victor) my arch-enemy, because my creator, do I swear inextinguishable hatred (Shelley 119). The creature was no longer a loving being towards mankind.The turning point in the crea...
