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Kat!e Larson
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Prarthi Mehta
I read it this summer, just for fun. I know what you mean with your mixed emotions - I felt the same way. When the monster came to life, he was not really a monster in any way but appearance. He technically learned how to be a monster (and became violent) from humans. That is why I think the humans are the real monsters in the story.
Eric
I refuse to dub Victor Frankenstein's creation as a "monster". The real "monster" in this book is Victor himself due to rejecting his creation and giving him a mate.
I felt bad that the creature had to endure heartache and rejection due to how he looked. He was actually an intellectual and gentle man, which the films and social media tend to not depict him as.
I too had mixed emotions for the creature. He wanted to be like all of us are--have a loving family, friends and people who appreciated him for himself. It's a shame that the creature was denied all this by Victor.
I'm glad that Mary Shelley's masterpiece still resonates within our society for over the last 200 years. She had the creature tell his side of the story as well, and it isn't an actual horror novel at all--it deals with issues that tend to plague our society even today.
Before watching the films (such as 1931's "Frankenstein" with Boris Karloff), read this book instead. It's one of my all-time favorites that I'll read again and again.
I felt bad that the creature had to endure heartache and rejection due to how he looked. He was actually an intellectual and gentle man, which the films and social media tend to not depict him as.
I too had mixed emotions for the creature. He wanted to be like all of us are--have a loving family, friends and people who appreciated him for himself. It's a shame that the creature was denied all this by Victor.
I'm glad that Mary Shelley's masterpiece still resonates within our society for over the last 200 years. She had the creature tell his side of the story as well, and it isn't an actual horror novel at all--it deals with issues that tend to plague our society even today.
Before watching the films (such as 1931's "Frankenstein" with Boris Karloff), read this book instead. It's one of my all-time favorites that I'll read again and again.
Hannah Lowrie
I greatly pity the monster and see Victor as more of a villain than his creation. Victor had the same responsibility a parent has to its child in my opinion and to simply leave it with nothing was cruel and unfair. The creature was pushed to do the things it did and in it's mind had no choice, Victor could have done the right thing and save his life but he didn't.
Cricket Muse
There is a certain amount of repulsion towards the creature simply because it is created from dead parts. Even though it educated itself and actually performed benevolent acts of kindness, it chose evil retribution and even admitted being aware of choosing this course of action. The argument that “people hate me because I am ugly so I hate people” is faulty because if he truly had goodness within its demeanor it would not want to harm others. It could have gone into seclusion and continued its acts of kindness. It chose to be evil and was very conscious of its choice. There are plenty of circumstances where a person’s situation can make a person bitter or better. The Hunchback of Norte Dame is one example. Disfigured and reviled, he performed kind acts instead of wicked ones.
Annabeth Chase
First off I don't see him as a monster so I always refer to him as the creature. I believe that the true monster of the story was Victor Frankenstein himself. Victor only cared about himself and didn't believe that his creature deserved a chance at life. I truly hate Victor Frankenstein but I love the development of his character throughout the whole entire book. Once the creature spoke with Frankenstein and told him his story I felt a lot of pity for him. All he wanted was for someone to love him back. The creature quickly became my favorite character by far.
Jack Vasen
I could not forgive the monster. The monster realized he was bringing great harm, especially to Victor. There was a level of sadism in it. I am unable to accept that poor nurturing and/or unfair circumstances justifies an evil heart.
It is interesting because I just read Stacey Lannert's Redemption and did have some sympathy toward her. I would confess to being a hypocrite, but no, there are differences between the two stories. Lannert's sole motivation was to end the suffering. for one.
It is interesting because I just read Stacey Lannert's Redemption and did have some sympathy toward her. I would confess to being a hypocrite, but no, there are differences between the two stories. Lannert's sole motivation was to end the suffering. for one.
Agnesibald
I could really understand the creature...Of course at first the scientist seems like the good guy but actually...I started feeling something like hate for Victor. The creature just doesn't want to be lonely, Frankenstein just made him very human beause everyone needs some social interactions. That he refuses to create a woman for his so-called monster seems cruel to me and that was probably the point where I really started hating him a little bit more.
Robert
I felt that the monster was _seriously_ misunderstood simply because he was ugly and misshapen. This was not his fault, but his creator's. At the point in the story when the monster came to be understood (when living in the hovel, peeping in on the French family), the writing could have gone in another direction, chastising 19th century Britons for being so shallow and lacking in empathy or understanding. It would have been a better book.
Isa Adams
I feel extremely sorry for the monster because it has been brought into a world that will not accept him.
Csilla
I think that we can all agree that Victor was selfish and irresponsible - but personally, I'd say the creature shared his flaws.
'I'm ugly and miserable, would you create a mate for me, equally ugly and miserable, so we would be somewhat less miserable together?' - it's practically the guy in Passengers.
Things went downhill when the blind man's family got scared from the creature, but the real pivotal point was the killing of the child and there is little in it to absolve the creature, especially since in the following hours he also managed to blame the murder on a girl, who didn't do a thing. literally. because she was sleeping. and with that he is beyond humanity, beyond guilt and regret, and beyond sympathy.
'I'm ugly and miserable, would you create a mate for me, equally ugly and miserable, so we would be somewhat less miserable together?' - it's practically the guy in Passengers.
Things went downhill when the blind man's family got scared from the creature, but the real pivotal point was the killing of the child and there is little in it to absolve the creature, especially since in the following hours he also managed to blame the murder on a girl, who didn't do a thing. literally. because she was sleeping. and with that he is beyond humanity, beyond guilt and regret, and beyond sympathy.
Tihomir Trifonov
It's a creature. Viktor created a creature. In the book it was hardly twice or so been called a "Monster".
Natanael Cerqueira
i love how Victor is so skeptical at the beginning, and how the book starts with the last scene.
Susan Turbié
I would almost go so far as to say I had no mixed feelings, in the sense that I felt nothing but unadulterated pity for the monster. He came into the world utterly innocent and gentle, motivated purely by generosity and compassion and a need to connect with others. But Frankenstein and all the other human beings the monster encounters (with the possible exception of the old blind man, who of course could not see him and thus had no reason to fear or scorn him) destroyed his spirit and turned him into the monster he eventually becomes.
Lennon
I think the creature is a great character. I don't like calling it a monster tho
Rebecca Smith
I loved the monster!
Sam :)
When the monster was first introduced in the book I felt extremely empathetic towards it, I felt pity for the way the all the monster wanted was to connect with humans. The struggle the monster faced with humanity and the way it dealt with being shunned by society, made me think of the way I act towards people and made me see the faults in the way humans act. Although I thought it was slightly extreme in the way the monster sought revenge, I still felt sympathetic towards the pain the monster felt. Overall I thought the book was intriguing and extremely interesting. 3.5/5
Lilly Etheridge
I didnt like the book. It was hard to read and I didn't feel any emotion from the book. I do not give this book more than 2 stars.
Sarah Lechmere
I know it's rather sad but I felt so sorry for the creature that I named him Vladimir, even though I see the bad in him, ultimately I think he only became evil because of neglect and desire for love faced with rejection
M5xgE7Te
In opposition to others reviewers i have to admit that was worse than i expected to it be.
It could be caused by to many expectations i had on this books (was strongly raccomanded) but if you want to read a real gothic classic i should raccomand Dracula instead of Frankestein.
It could be caused by to many expectations i had on this books (was strongly raccomanded) but if you want to read a real gothic classic i should raccomand Dracula instead of Frankestein.
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