Dean Engram Mrs. Lebowitz Period 7 English Justified Actions As studies from the National Institute of Justice have shown, children who have been abused or neglected increases the likelihood of arrest as a juvenile by 59 percent, as an adult by 28 percent, and for a violent crime by 30 percent according to one study that looked at more than 1,500 cases over time. 66 percent of physical neglect happens from ages 0-1. As we all know, Victor neglected his newborn creation from the first time he ever set his eyes on the monster. So, imagine yourself in the monsters shoes; visualize how different your life may have turned out if your parents were not a part of your childhood or adolescent years. The newborn creation was never taught how to control his emotions; due to the ignorance of his abhorred creator. The creature’s actions were justified because, he is shunned by all of society, had no one to teach him the ways of the world, and is an adrift spirit looking for guidance. The being was shunned by all society. Being socially rejected was a difficult experience that the monster did not know how to cope with. Victor was never there for him. The creation considered his self “a blot upon earth, from which all men fled and whom all men disowned” (Shelley 78). The insufferable feeling of being unwanted and blocked out by all of society is taking its toll on the being. Universal refusal of acceptance into the world causes the monster to act out, and to take his pain out in ways such as murder and blackmail to Victor along his family members. Victor abandoned his own son for with no intention of returning, thus portraying how selfish and unthoughtful Frankenstein really is. As a result of Victor’s insensitivity, the poor soul sought out revenge, to make Victor feel pain as he once felt. Furthermore the being tells Victor, “you live, and my power is complete” (198). He is right. For Victor’s life then becomes consumed by tracking down the creature, a journey that ends with his death. Frankenstein creates a monster that cannot fit into society because of the creature’s appearances and actions. The stray creature had no one to teach him the ways of the world. He developed self- hatred for himself, because he was never loved. As the being once said, “ Who was I? What was I? Where did I come from? What was my destination? These questions continually recurred, but I was never able to solve them” (126). In addition to the spirits loneliness, he uses his emotions to inflict pain on others. The creature is a newborn baby in a sense. He only learns to do bad or to do good from his experiences. Further more, the creature’s self-malice and need for vengeance is developed because of the unfair, grotesque, and inconsiderate way he is treated by society. The helpless creatures actions were justified because, he was and adrift soul in search of guidance.
