"I had learned how to work mischief." the creature pg 103
So I guess I'm just confused as to whether or not the creature is an evil, killing machine or if he's just a misunderstood, gentle giant. When the creature was telling his side of the story I couldn't imagine how Victor could think he was so evil. He seemed to be caring and considerate of others. He committed selfless acts for others and only wanted to be loved by people. Sure he was ugly, but that didn't make him such a bad guy right? But then toward the end of the story I was torn. After all how good of a person can you be if you kill people. He killed an innocent child, a kind, gentle man, and a caring woman who never did anything to hurt others. All these people did nothing wrong. They were only unfortunate enough to be the ones Victor cared about so much. I understand the desire for vengeance is strong, but I don't see how you could ever justify killing such innocent people. So now I don't know how to feel about the creature. Maybe he was driven to this point by the way he was treated, but murders are not released simply because someone did them wrong in their life. I understand where the creature was coming from, but I still think it was wrong. In some ways I think the creature personifies people because we all have good and evil in us. It is our choice which side we will allow to move us and which side we will act upon. I think the creature acted on the good inside him in the beginning, but as time went on he allowed the darkness and evil to overcome him. Much like Adam allowed the devil to convince him to sin... hmmm so many connections!
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