IN WHAT WAYS DO WE FEEL SYMPATHY FOR FRANKESTEINS MONSTER
IN WHAT WAYS DO WE FEEEL SYMPATHY FOR FRANKENSTEIN’S MONSTER? ... " (Shelly 165) - Frankensteins Monster Upon reading Mary Shelleys Frankenstein, it is all too easy to come to the conclusion that the creature Dr. ... Is this "monster" truly the "wretched devil" (68) Victor believes him to be? ... The case for the creature being a "hideous monster" (102) is quite strong. ... Finally, the monster fulfills his promise of being "with [Victor] on [his] wedding night" (139) by killing Elizabeth, Victors cousin and new bride. ... He learns the language and ways of man by observing a small family for a couple of years, and yearns for their company so that they can be "sympathizing with [his] feelings and cheering [his] gloom" (93). ... It comes as no surprise, then, when the creature comes to the conclusion that "there was none among the myriads of men that existed who would pity or assist [him]" (97), he declares "ever-lasting war against the species, and, more than all, against him [Victor] who had formed [him, the monster], and sent him forth to this insupportable misery" (97). ... When the monster finally gets a chance to speak with his creator, he has but one request: "a creature of another sex, but as hideous as [him] self" (105).