Frankenstein essay.

Murder is the most unforgiving crime, yet when one looks beyond the death and the motives and reasoning of the murderer, they can begin to understand the truth.  The creature in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is most definitely a murderer, however the creature is an abandoned being, who finds a hard time even understanding what is right and/or wrong.  For these two reasons alone, the creature should be considered one of innocence.  Sure, it directly and indirectly took the lives of two of Frankenstein’s family, but when a being receives absolute no love or care when they are first born, or created, they are going to be severely different from those who have been nurtured from the start.  The creature is one of misery, it was not his choice to be created, and he is living a life of despair and suffering.  He even states in his conversation with Victor, “All men hate the wretched:  how, then, must I be hated, who am miserable beyond all living things!”  Right from the start, Frankenstein referred to his creation in a grotesque manner, and as the creator it is his full responsibility to care for it.  If Frankenstein would have loved it and treated it as the living being it is from the start, then his brother and sister would both be alive.  Because of its inhumane treatment from the start, the creature was destined to be a murderer.  Frankenstein needs to show it how to live in society, and what is acceptable and normal in society, because he knows the being is one of intellect.  Instead, Frankenstein is disgusted as what he created and he abandons it.  The creature is reflected as a product of cruel society, but more definitely the neglect of his creator.   Frankenstein perceived it as this monster of evil, though in reality that is what he has caused it to become in his lack of responsibility.  Frankenstein completely hated his creation, even stating:  “I had been the author of unalterable evils, and I lived in daily fear lest the monster whom I had created should perpetrate some new wickedness”.  Through this quote, it is shown very clearly that Frankenstein does not understand his creation and its real intellect.   If he had taken the time to search beyond its “ugly” appearance, it could have established a connection with the beast and led it down the path to a good, moral future.  However, the creator chose to abandon his creation, which is morally wrong.  “With great power comes great responsibility” is a famous quote that most certainly reflects the error made by Frankenstein.  He spent an unordinary amount of time creating his creature, so it is also his time to care and over-see his creature.  Though the creature did commit irreversible crimes, he stands innocent since it is the job of the creator to look over his creation.  Frankenstein is at fault for the murders, not the creature.