Mary Shelleys Frankenstein

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way any adult would, with disgust and horror. After completing the act of killing the child, he resolves to "carry despair to [Victor Frankenstein], and a thousand other miseries shall torment and destroy him" (p. 137). According to the monster, the function of appearance is to make society react to you. Whether the reaction is appropriate or not is beside the point; all that matters is the way you look.

Then we have language and communication. The first time he encounters spoken words, the monster reports that "this was indeed a godlike scene, and I ardently desired to become acquainted with it" (p. 108). During the course of one year, he learns to understand, speak, read and write French, intending to use this knowledge to gain acceptance into society. He also finds three books, from which he gleans what knowledge he can about the world and about moral values, and the values he gains are indeed both commendable and honourable.

It is worth mentioning that none of the three ...

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