“I am malicious because I am miserable” (169).<\/p>\n
The group that presented on Mary Shelly’s novel\u00a0Frankenstein<\/em> during Friday’s class period brought up a thought that I found very interesting. The group mentioned that in reading the novel, one could infer that many of the negative and violent traits Frankenstein’s monster possesses are characteristics that he learned from observing human behavior and interaction.<\/p>\n For example, Frankenstein gained the majority of his knowledge about human beings by watching Felix, Agatha, Safie, and De Lacey in the cottage. On the day he finally musters up enough courage to approach the old blind man, he is interrupted by the rest of the family, who are terrified by his appearance and chase him away. The monster also encounters an angry village mob and is shot at for trying to save a drowning girl. All of these instances, in a way, reinforce violent behavior to the monster. Now, take all that into consideration plus his lack of companionship, and it is easy to be sympathetic for this supposedly cruel creature.<\/p>\n So, the question I’m left asking myself after all of this is, if our humanity is what makes us human, what are we considered when we lose that humaneness during times of conflict like the people Frankenstein’s monster encounters? Are we less human? If not, then is Frankenstein’s creature really less than human?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" “I am malicious because I am miserable” (169). The group that presented on Mary Shelly’s novel\u00a0Frankenstein during Friday’s class period brought up a thought that I found very interesting. The group mentioned that in reading the novel, one could infer … Continue reading