to try and reveal him to these wonderful people. He was then again faced with the reality that he was an outsider and did not belong. When Felix and Safie thrashed out against him, he was wounded to the soul. This is when he first experienced hate, as he knew it. In my opinion this was the turning point in the novel. The monster went from a good compassionate monster to a revenge-seeking killer. All that he wanted to do was get revenge on Victor for being created as an outcast. The monster in my heart was truly a good monster until this moment. He fled what had been his home in search for Victor, to seek his revenge. When he reached Geneva that is where his awful deeds began. “Suddenly as I gazed on him, an idea seized me that this little creature was unprejudiced and had lived too short a time to have imbibed a horror of deformity (135).” He felt that he could take this child and educate him in a understanding way so that he would have a companion. He was wrong the child was very upset and scared. It was in fact William, Victor’s youngest brother that the monster had seized for companionship. William revealed who his father was; this enraged the monster so much that he killed William. I gazed on my victim, and my heart swelled with exultation and hellish triumph; clapping my hands, I exclaimed, ‘I too can create desolation; my enemy is not invulnerable; this death will carry despair to him, and a thousand other miseries shall torment and destroy him.’(136)After the monster killed William and framed Justine for it, his revenge had just begun. He chased after Victor for many months trying to gain his attention and acknowledgement of existence. During this time I feel that the monster had time to think and reflect on his crimes that had been committed. This is where he flips again to a rational monster; who has remorse for his wrong doings. He even though it brought grief to his creator, felt gu...
