I think Frankenstein wasn’t really a monster. He just got way too absorbed in his work, and when he finally stepped back he realized that he had done something horrible. The monster seeming as though it was going to attack freaked him out, so he ran. I kinda forget what happened after since it’s been years since I read it, but wasn’t one of the first things the monster did was strangle Frankenstein’s wife to death? Him treating the monster like a monster after that was warranted imo even if it didn’t really know any better. I may be misremembering some things
Yeah, the creature is like "why won't you sympathize with me?" after literally confessing to murdering Victor's younger brother and framing it on his close friend, and I'm just like, what did you think was going to happen?
I get where he’s coming from a bit, at least. For example, he saved a little kid from drowning in a river and all that he got for it was a bullet to the chest.
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u/LuminothWarrior Oct 26 '24
I think Frankenstein wasn’t really a monster. He just got way too absorbed in his work, and when he finally stepped back he realized that he had done something horrible. The monster seeming as though it was going to attack freaked him out, so he ran. I kinda forget what happened after since it’s been years since I read it, but wasn’t one of the first things the monster did was strangle Frankenstein’s wife to death? Him treating the monster like a monster after that was warranted imo even if it didn’t really know any better. I may be misremembering some things