The monsters

At this point in the book it has become quite apparent that the true monster of the book is in fact mankind. Victor while being responsible the creation of the monster, is not as much evil as he is frightened and cowardly. He is guilty however of how he reacts to his creation, in running away and shunning the creature he sets the standard on how others treat the monster. What we learn about the monster is that it is not inherently evil, or malicious for that matter and desires all the things that a person wants; companionship, understanding, comfort. All the negative actions that are attributed to the monster are ones he learned from interactions with people. Raising the question to what the nature of the monster is and if we as people are what create the monsters we fear or even more bluntly are the monsters of the world that we inhabit. People typically judge on preconceived notions and ideas, and especially fear the unknown. Fearing the unknown is a concept frequently employed in Gothic lit, notably by the likes of H.P. Lovecraft who exploits this fear to give his tales a chilling narrative. In Frankenstein it is truly the people who are monsters, they do not hang an innocent person for crime she did not commit and Elizabeth later reflects on this in chapter 9 saying that “…men appear to me as monsters thirsting for each other’s blood ” perhaps summarizing the main point of the novel in a sentence .