Although the creature is loving, he cannot show that love because no one will return it. After Frankenstein initially refuses the creature’s request, the creature reveals that “I am malicious because I am miserable” (Shelley 147). However, he is shown nothing but hatred from mankind. The creature is kind and caring by nature, and he wishes to bestow his kindness on humanity. After telling his story to Frankenstein, the creature says “If any being felt emotions of benevolence toward me, I should return them an hundred and an hundredfold” (Shelley 148).
In Mary Shelley’s novel ?Frankenstein?, the creature’s moral ambiguity is significant to the plot.
He hates himself for all the harm that he has done and realizes that his whole pursuit of revenge was meaningless. The creature seems to get his revenge due to the death of Frankenstein, yet he actually becomes miserable and morose. Frankenstein does not get his revenge because he dies before he can kill his creature. Finally, neither Frankenstein nor his creature win in their revenge.Īfter Frankenstein has died and Walton finds the creature with his corpse, the creature says “You hate me but your abhorrence cannot equal that with which I regard myself” (Shelley 224). The creature also has obsessive tendencies when he is so consumed by his pursuit of revenge that he does not sleep at all. Again, Shelley uses fiery verbiage to display a need for revenge. Snow fell, and the waters were hardened, but I rested not” (Shelley 142). After setting the de Lacey’s cottage aflame and beginning his journey toward Frankenstein’s home, the creature says “The nearer I approached to your habitation, the more deeply did I feel the spirit of revenge enkindled in my heart. The creature’s portrays these features as well. Furthermore, Frankenstein is pacing around his room contemplating what action to take, as one who is obsessed is wont to do. Shelley uses evocative words such as “burning” to show the reader how emotion filled and strongly Frankenstein feels about wanting revenge on the creature. I walked up and down my room hastily and perturbed, while my imagination conjured up a thousand images to torment and sting me” (Shelley 173). After Victor Frankenstein is threatened by the creature after destroying his nearly complete bride, Frankenstein states that he “?burned with rage to pursue the murderer of my peace and precipitate him into the ocean. In her novel ?Frankenstein?, Mary Shelley shows that both Frankenstein and his creature are obsessed with revenge through their strong emotional language and obsessive actions, yet neither of them wins and gets revenge in the end.
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