hild. The amount of Frankenstein’s lack of attention to his creature’s outward appearance is disturbing. He knew of the creature’s gigantic proportions. He never considered the result of his actions, consequently how the monster could coexist with other beings. Frankenstein admits that his creation was both an accident and wrong. (Shelley 42). Unlike a parent who would care equally for a deformed child, Frankenstein abandons his creation and all of his parental obligations. Victor commits the ultimate act of hatred towards his creation, by his outright disavowal and renunciation of all parental ties. He is an abuser, who mistreats the abused, namely the monster, who then himself becomes an abuser also. Indeed, many parents follow this same pattern of neglect and abuse, sadly as Frankenstein does. Here, we can assume as the reader that Mary is commenting upon appropriate parenting techniques and their subsequent importance. Ironically, the creature’s first murder victim is a small girl, which he wished to adopt. Indeed, Victor wished death upon his creation: “I gnashed my teeth, my eyes became inflamed, and I ardently wished to extinguish that life which I so thoughtlessly bestowed” (Shelley 76). Towards the end of the novel, the creature has feelings of vengeance and resentment towards his creator, because of Frankenstein’s lack of parental care. Here one can observe that Shelley explores the predicament of that forsaken child, the direct result of faulty parenting. The creature is fully aware of the absence of a parental figure in his life. His encounter with the De Laceys, displaces him from his natural state, and displays to him the family unit, education, and the laws and customs of society. The monster understands his alienation from society. This embitters him and causes his subsequent vindictiveness towards society and Victor. The creature, himself, describes his dilemma: . . .I was absol...
