Essay On The Creature In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

The Creature knows that his life is miserable and society rejects him in every way and wallows in his woes as he speaks of his time on earth to Robert Walton. Frankenstein’s Creature speaks of his time alive to Walton like he never truly has done with anyone before, except Victor but this means nothing to the Creature as he has already realized his dream to be accepted in society is already dead. The Creature’s journey leaves him, “In a solitary expedition to the top of Mount Aveyron, undertaken to dispel the melancholy which clouded his mind, Frankenstein unexpectedly meets with the monster he had animated, who compels him to a conference and a parley. The material demon gives an account, at great length, of his history since his animation, of the mode in which he acquired various points of knowledge, and of the disasters which befell him, when, full of benevolence and philanthropy, he endeavoured to introduce himself into human society,” (Scott). When the Creature speaks to Frankenstein and Robert Walton he finally is able to speak with people in a genuine way. Although this is what he has wanted for the longest time it means nothing to him at this point, because, he’s is insanely depressed and actually about to kill himself, “‘Walton, …show more content…
Unfortunately this story ends with society being the victor, and with the Creature marching towards his suicidal death in the final scene. Society won once the Creature was born, because, he was born hideously like a monster, and society stereotypes monstrous looking individuals as being monstrous being that are evil and crave blood. Even though the Creature lost the fight Shelley won her as her novel Frankenstein teaches the reader to not let society control you, and to always see people as humans ,and not as different races, genders and