Explore Shelley’s presentation of the impact of the...

Explore Shelley’s presentation of the impact of the Creature in the light of this comment. The Creature is described as ‘ a fiend of unparalleled barbarity’, yet many modern readers may sympathise with him. Explore Shelley’s presentation of the impact of the Creature in the light of this comment. It is my view, that the Creature may be seen from two main perspectives, on the one hand he may be seen as a â€Å"Monster†, â€Å"a fiend of unparalleled barbarity† and on the other he may be seen as a victim with whom the reader may sympathise. Out of the three narratives in the book, the one which occupies that major part of the book I that of Victor Frankenstein. It is from his perspective that we are imparted most of the evidence†¦show more content†¦One may perhaps consider that his new found malevolence as opposed to his original benevolence, has come into being as a result of his own treatment by the human characters in the novel, he is hated and abhorred so of course he will seek vengeance against those who have made him suffer, as he says â€Å"misery made me a fiend.† A modern reader may be particularly sympathetic to this view, as in the modern world we have a greater understanding of the criminal mind. Although any crime (especially murder) is by no means excusable, it is only recently we have truly come to understand, that people may commit terrible atrocities purely as a result of circumstance, unstable childhood being a common cause of mentally unbalanced adulthood which may lead to a life of v iolent crime or murder. The Creature, as we see has had a particularly poor upbringing, spurned by his creator (or father) and abhorred by all whom he met, one may ask what could he do but reciprocate those feelings? However, the Creature further incriminates himself as a malignant being with his reaction to his murder of William, as he exclaims, â€Å"I gazed on my victim, and my heart swelled with exultation and hellish triumph;† This reaction we must surely perceive as one of â€Å"unparalleled barbarity.† The creature continues to portray himself as a being of