• frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml
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    3 days ago

    Only shallow judgement made him a “monster”

    You mean the monster’s own bad judgement, or Frankenstein, or the humans in the book in general?

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      3 days ago

      Frankenstein immediately labels him an abomination as soon as he comes to life, and he never gives him a chance to show that he’s anything but a monster.

      He also hides out trying to help this family for a long time, and as soon as they see him, they assume he’s evil and terrible and run away as well.

      The monster kills a few of Frankensteins family members, and stalks him for the rest of his days though, so he did kinda become the thing he was thought to be.

      Victims turning into monsters because of abuse is kinda the whole point of the book.