tures attitude towards life can most definitely be contributed to the persecution he endured from others. Victor, his creator, had fled with fear and disgust when the creature first drew breath and tried to offer his hand in friendship to Victor. The other humans who had seen the creature shrieked in pure terror because of the outward appearance he had. When he was rejected by the De Lacy family, the creatures hope of finding love and belonging by mankind was permanently destroyed. If people would have only given him a chance to speak, he may have dazzled them with his intellect, or he may have charmed them with his wit. But, the creature calls himself miserable, because he is alone in the world and hated by all others. He says, I am malicious because I am miserable; am I not shunned and hated by all mankind (Shelley 119)? The creature decides to make Victor pay the price for creating such a miserable being, so he begins by killing Victors youngest brother. The creature frames a family friend of the Frankensteins, and Justine dies, although innocent, for the murder of William Frankenstein. The creature catches up with Victor to proposition him to create a female creature to be his partner for life. When Victor eventually decides not to create the female companion for his first creation, the creature is outraged, and the creature says to Victor, I will be with you on your wedding night (Shelley 141). This terrifies Victor, but he did not know exactly what the creature meant. The creature's hatred and murderous rampage was brought on by being socially outcast by others. The creature had gone through unimaginable anguish, and his heart had turned from one filled with love to one filled with hatred. The creature killed Victors best friend, Clerval, and he met Victor on his wedding night to kill Elisabeth, Victors bride. Shelley makes her point well that one is born essentially good, but can be turned to evil by societys nar...
