Monday, June 9, 2014

Out of all the movies & versions of Frankenstein what is unexpected about the description of the actual creature of life here?

I think there are three aspects of the creature's
character that readers do not expect when they read the novel for the first time after
seeing versions of the tale on television or in comic
books.


1. He is compassionate.
The creature cares about the DeLaceys and works to help them when he can. At night, he
copies the man's behavior of gathering wood, and watches the next day as it frees the
man for other chores.He learns of emotion when he watches the girl cry and it creates
feeling in him.


2. He longs for
friendship.
Readers often believe Frankenstein's monster is out to kill
people or eat them. However, his desire for a companion and his desire to commune with
society come through with intensity. He wants to show himself to society, but the will
not and cannot get past his appearance. They leap to the conclusion that he would be out
to get them. This happened with the DeLaceys and it destroyed
him.


3. He is intelligent.
Often, the picture of Frankenstein's creature is that he can't talk, in fact all people
believe he can do is hold out his arms like a mummy and haunt people. But, quite the
opposite is true. The creature longed for information and education. He wanted to learn
language. As he speaks with Victor, his vocabulary demonstrates that he is indeed a
learned character with the capacity to reason and
judge.


Your question cites "here". I imagine you may be
looking for a specific part of the text, but without a chapter reference, I have given
you an answer that speaks to the portions of the book when the monster is telling his
story to Victor. Hope this helps.

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