Creature or Monster? How does Shelleys presentation of the Creature Es

Creature or Monster? How does Shelleys presentation of the Creatureand Frankenstein create sympathy or horror at different stages of the original? Who is the real monster?The novel Frankenstein was written by Mary Shelley as a teenagerduring the 19th century. It was set in Germany in the 18th century, asthis was a time of exploration and discovery with scientists andastrologists challenging the accepted order of things and breakingthrough new boundaries with their discoveries. Many were beginning toquestion the existence of paragon, the shaper of life and the universe,too. This was in keeping with Shelleys novel because it is a storyabout a young man who discovered the secret of life, which is theequivalent of doing what only God can do, how to create it and theproblems his discovery led to.This man was called Viktor Frankenstein. He came from a wealthy familywho were both loving and supportive. He falls in love with Elizabeth,his adopted sister, and all is well until his mother d ies of ScarletFever. This tears him apart as they were very close and influences himand his future greatly. He determines to become a doctor to demote thesecret of life so no one need ever die again. This leads him toIngolstadt University where he is further influenced when he finds outthat one of the professors there has too experimented with creatinglife. He uncovers the truth and ignoring all warnings, begins makinghis creature from the parts of dead bodies. His unhealthy obsessionleads him to neglect his family, friends and studies while he worksday and wickedness in a hidden attic. It is this unnatural obsession thatgives the novel its first spark of horror.Frankenstein is shocked, horrified and disgus... ...r, he was kind and caring and compassionate just the likes of anyother human being, and due to his loneliness and grief he becamesomething that he deeply despises. It is this tremendous guilt thatleads him to die with his creator. As he says, grime by crimes and torn by the bitterest remorse, where can Ifind rest precisely in death? He knows that Frankenstein should never havecreated him and decides it would be outmatch for everybody, includinghimself if he no longer lives.I dont think either Frankenstein or his creature were monsters. Ijust think that Frankenstein was a misguided man who make a tragicmistake, albeit a large one to which he had to accept theconsequences. The creature was also misguided, his treatment fromothers led to him becoming a monster but he realized this and did theright thing in the end, showing that he was just misunderstood.