What is the motivation behind the creature's vow of "eternal hatred and vengeance to all mankind?" How does this conflict with his feelings toward the DeLacy family?
I believe the creature's motivation behind his vow of "eternal hatred" is mainly eternal hatred for his creator, Victor. Directly after the DeLacy family leaves the cottage, the creature cries "cursed, cursed creator!" p125. This shows that he is angry with his creator, and not the DeLacy family. So, the creature's actual statement of "eternal hatred" conflicts with his fond feelings towards the DeLacy family, however, I believe when looking at his motivation for eternal hatred, that conflict subsides.
Extra thought: Even after the DeLacy family flees from the creature, he still refers to them as his "protectors." I believe that this is because he adopted them as his family, his "parents." Most of the time, even if a child has a somewhat neglectful parent, they have some respect, gratitude or love for that parent--even if unjustified.
I think he appears to have a hatred to all mankind because the only acceptance he received was from the blind man. Whenever he goes out into society, he is constantly being neglected or mistakenly judged as an evil being intending to kill. The most striking feature of the creature is his appearance, thus most men are frightened or threatened by his differences and terrifying looks. Because the blind man isn't able to see him, his impression is supported by the creatures benevolence. The effect of society's first impression of him has caused him to generalize all of society as arbitrary, selfish, and hateful. One example (end of ch. 16) would be when the creature comes in contact with a boy and the boy instantly assumes the creature wishes to kill him.
In compliance with Christi's response, I believe the ire and contempt the Creature has for mankind originated from Victor - for forsaking him, loathing the sight of him, and neglecting him. The hatred the Creature feels toward mankind accrued from just a single loathing of his creator. After the DeLacey family discovers his genuine form and eschew them from their home, the Creature utterly gives up his desire for human companionship, which is why he invests in the father that abandoned him to create a female counterpart for him to fulfill his overall loneliness. The DeLacey family came to be acknowledged as the only friends/family known to the Creature. Their reactions to his horrific disposition inflicted more agony upon the Creature. Nonetheless, the Creature still refers to the DeKacey;s as his friends.
I agree with Christi's opinion in the fact that the creature's hatred stems completely from his creator. The creature seemingly has fond feelings for the DeLacy family, but other than the DeLacy family the creature has not experienced even an ounce of acceptance from mankind. By not being excepted I think that creature pins all of his blame on Victor because Victor is the being that brought the creature into this cruel existence. The conflict is shown by the creature caring about the DeLacy family as the creature considers them as close friends, or even as family, so when the creature declares vengeance against all of mankind this shows the internal conflict within him.
The motivation behind the creatures"eternal hatred" for mankind is like Christi was saying: mainly towards Victor. Victor created him but then left his creation defenseless and loathes the very thought of him. Because of this the creature in turn feels hatred for mankind. The creature was only shown acceptance by the DeLancy family. Through this he experiences the feelings that a child would have for a parent. When the DeLancy leaves him, the creature feels as if he is again abandoned. This really upsets him because it stirs up an internal conflict between his hate for his creator and what he considered almost family. Taylor Brown
i completely agree with christi especially in her extra thought about how even when parents are neglectful the children still love their parents. i believe that is the kind of relationship the creation had with the Delancy's. they are the ones who taught him how to read and speak they also taught him some right and wrong, thats why he stops stealing their food because he realizes it is wrong. even though they may not have accepted him they still were kind of a parental influence on him even if they didnt realize it.
as for the creature's vow of "eternal hatred and vengeance to all mankind" i believe that it is mainly aimed at Victor, but through getting revenge on Victor he kills a lot of innocent people. the creature maybe though he loves the DeLancys still feels hatred towards them since they did turn back on him just like everyone else did.
To add a quote to my statement before I found in Chapter 16 that the creature says "the only link that held him to the world" was his protectors. When his protectors or the DeLancys leave him he feels as though life isn't worth it anymore, they were the closet thing that the creature had to family. I think that after the DeLancys left him the creature vowed "eternal hatred and vengeance to all mankind" because all forms of mankind left him; his creator left him as well as the only people he felt love towards. Taylor Brown
On Christi's extra thought. I totally agree! I feel that when he was abandoned by his creator he kept trying to fill the whole in the heart and when he kept getting rejected he kept trying to fill it and when he couldn't he filled it with this "eternal hatred."
It only makes sense for Frankenstein to desire to hate mankind. The man that created him even hated him. He had never been accepted by anyone except the blind man, but even the blind man didn't know what exactly the creature was. Frankenstein only endured judgments and fear from mankind, so why should he love something that has only hated him? Just like humans are born with an innate desire to be loved, so was Frankenstein. So when no one could satisfy that feeling, he had to redirect those feelings to hatred.
I believe the motivation behind the creature's vow is based on mankind's first narrow minded assumption of appearances (which is still true today sadly). He realizes that for the most part mankind bases everything on looks and appearances at first sight rather than hear the other side of the story. So he creates a vow to kill his creator (not really all mankind), because his creator made him so ugly and not presentable to the society of man.
The motivation for the creature's vow is based on the fact that mankind continually rejects and shuns him solely because of his appearance. At first, the creature does not understand this rejection, as he has not wronged them. The sole thing the monster longs for in life is acceptance, which he is not able to achieve. I think that the vow that he makes is just the boiling point, a culmination of his continued rejection from society, that was elicited by his failure at connecting with the blind old man of the deLacy family after being so close to gaining what he so dearly wanted. This conflicts with his feelings about the family because prior to this incident, they had indirectly educated him and taught him about society, culture, language, etc. He had greatly enjoyed their presence and he enjoyed listening to their talks and lessons. Yet, once he revealed himself to them, they just responded the same way as everyone else.
The when and where the story takes place is key to understanding the motivation for his vow. No one was accepting of the creature and he had no one to turn to, no one to take comfort in. The culture set up a complete hatred for the creature which left little room for him to do anything but seek vengeance. As far as how it conflicts with his relationship toward the DeLacy family, I think that Taylor was pretty spot on by showing that the family eventually left him and that only reaffirmed his hatred for all humanity.
The creatures vow of external hatred and vengeance on all mankind is a driving force from within due to all the pain and suffering caused by the humans around him. This statement conflicts with the DeLacy family because this statement should, I feel, exclude them. They were the family he took most of his learnings from and even had compassion from with the blind man. Without this family the creature would know no family oriented way of life. To destroy or have hatred towards something or someone that helped you grow mentally and emotionally is not right.
His motivation is one that is full of uncontrolled emotion towards his creator and the pain that he has suffered thus far. He cannot distinguish what is right and wrong when he decides to claim 'eternal revenge' because all is focused on one, narrow, concise yet too-simple, goal: to kill his enemy.
I believe the creature's motivation behind his vow of "eternal hatred" is mainly eternal hatred for his creator, Victor. Directly after the DeLacy family leaves the cottage, the creature cries "cursed, cursed creator!" p125. This shows that he is angry with his creator, and not the DeLacy family. So, the creature's actual statement of "eternal hatred" conflicts with his fond feelings towards the DeLacy family, however, I believe when looking at his motivation for eternal hatred, that conflict subsides.
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Even after the DeLacy family flees from the creature, he still refers to them as his "protectors." I believe that this is because he adopted them as his family, his "parents." Most of the time, even if a child has a somewhat neglectful parent, they have some respect, gratitude or love for that parent--even if unjustified.
I think he appears to have a hatred to all mankind because the only acceptance he received was from the blind man. Whenever he goes out into society, he is constantly being neglected or mistakenly judged as an evil being intending to kill. The most striking feature of the creature is his appearance, thus most men are frightened or threatened by his differences and terrifying looks. Because the blind man isn't able to see him, his impression is supported by the creatures benevolence. The effect of society's first impression of him has caused him to generalize all of society as arbitrary, selfish, and hateful.
ReplyDeleteOne example (end of ch. 16) would be when the creature comes in contact with a boy and the boy instantly assumes the creature wishes to kill him.
In compliance with Christi's response, I believe the ire and contempt the Creature has for mankind originated from Victor - for forsaking him, loathing the sight of him, and neglecting him. The hatred the Creature feels toward mankind accrued from just a single loathing of his creator. After the DeLacey family discovers his genuine form and eschew them from their home, the Creature utterly gives up his desire for human companionship, which is why he invests in the father that abandoned him to create a female counterpart for him to fulfill his overall loneliness.
ReplyDeleteThe DeLacey family came to be acknowledged as the only friends/family known to the Creature. Their reactions to his horrific disposition inflicted more agony upon the Creature. Nonetheless, the Creature still refers to the DeKacey;s as his friends.
I agree with Christi's opinion in the fact that the creature's hatred stems completely from his creator. The creature seemingly has fond feelings for the DeLacy family, but other than the DeLacy family the creature has not experienced even an ounce of acceptance from mankind. By not being excepted I think that creature pins all of his blame on Victor because Victor is the being that brought the creature into this cruel existence. The conflict is shown by the creature caring about the DeLacy family as the creature considers them as close friends, or even as family, so when the creature declares vengeance against all of mankind this shows the internal conflict within him.
ReplyDeleteThe motivation behind the creatures"eternal hatred" for mankind is like Christi was saying: mainly towards Victor. Victor created him but then left his creation defenseless and loathes the very thought of him. Because of this the creature in turn feels hatred for mankind. The creature was only shown acceptance by the DeLancy family. Through this he experiences the feelings that a child would have for a parent. When the DeLancy leaves him, the creature feels as if he is again abandoned. This really upsets him because it stirs up an internal conflict between his hate for his creator and what he considered almost family.
ReplyDeleteTaylor Brown
i completely agree with christi especially in her extra thought about how even when parents are neglectful the children still love their parents. i believe that is the kind of relationship the creation had with the Delancy's. they are the ones who taught him how to read and speak they also taught him some right and wrong, thats why he stops stealing their food because he realizes it is wrong. even though they may not have accepted him they still were kind of a parental influence on him even if they didnt realize it.
ReplyDeleteas for the creature's vow of "eternal hatred and vengeance to all mankind" i believe that it is mainly aimed at Victor, but through getting revenge on Victor he kills a lot of innocent people. the creature maybe though he loves the DeLancys still feels hatred towards them since they did turn back on him just like everyone else did.
To add a quote to my statement before I found in Chapter 16 that the creature says "the only link that held him to the world" was his protectors. When his protectors or the DeLancys leave him he feels as though life isn't worth it anymore, they were the closet thing that the creature had to family. I think that after the DeLancys left him the creature vowed "eternal hatred and vengeance to all mankind" because all forms of mankind left him; his creator left him as well as the only people he felt love towards.
ReplyDeleteTaylor Brown
On Christi's extra thought. I totally agree! I feel that when he was abandoned by his creator he kept trying to fill the whole in the heart and when he kept getting rejected he kept trying to fill it and when he couldn't he filled it with this "eternal hatred."
ReplyDeleteIt only makes sense for Frankenstein to desire to hate mankind. The man that created him even hated him. He had never been accepted by anyone except the blind man, but even the blind man didn't know what exactly the creature was. Frankenstein only endured judgments and fear from mankind, so why should he love something that has only hated him? Just like humans are born with an innate desire to be loved, so was Frankenstein. So when no one could satisfy that feeling, he had to redirect those feelings to hatred.
ReplyDeleteI believe the motivation behind the creature's vow is based on mankind's first narrow minded assumption of appearances (which is still true today sadly). He realizes that for the most part mankind bases everything on looks and appearances at first sight rather than hear the other side of the story. So he creates a vow to kill his creator (not really all mankind), because his creator made him so ugly and not presentable to the society of man.
ReplyDeleteThe motivation for the creature's vow is based on the fact that mankind continually rejects and shuns him solely because of his appearance. At first, the creature does not understand this rejection, as he has not wronged them. The sole thing the monster longs for in life is acceptance, which he is not able to achieve. I think that the vow that he makes is just the boiling point, a culmination of his continued rejection from society, that was elicited by his failure at connecting with the blind old man of the deLacy family after being so close to gaining what he so dearly wanted. This conflicts with his feelings about the family because prior to this incident, they had indirectly educated him and taught him about society, culture, language, etc. He had greatly enjoyed their presence and he enjoyed listening to their talks and lessons. Yet, once he revealed himself to them, they just responded the same way as everyone else.
ReplyDeleteThe when and where the story takes place is key to understanding the motivation for his vow. No one was accepting of the creature and he had no one to turn to, no one to take comfort in. The culture set up a complete hatred for the creature which left little room for him to do anything but seek vengeance. As far as how it conflicts with his relationship toward the DeLacy family, I think that Taylor was pretty spot on by showing that the family eventually left him and that only reaffirmed his hatred for all humanity.
ReplyDeleteThe creatures vow of external hatred and vengeance on all mankind is a driving force from within due to all the pain and suffering caused by the humans around him. This statement conflicts with the DeLacy family because this statement should, I feel, exclude them. They were the family he took most of his learnings from and even had compassion from with the blind man. Without this family the creature would know no family oriented way of life. To destroy or have hatred towards something or someone that helped you grow mentally and emotionally is not right.
ReplyDeleteHis motivation is one that is full of uncontrolled emotion towards his creator and the pain that he has suffered thus far. He cannot distinguish what is right and wrong when he decides to claim 'eternal revenge' because all is focused on one, narrow, concise yet too-simple, goal: to kill his enemy.
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