Topic > Nature vs. Nurture: A Study Through Frankenstein

The monster is seen as the exact opposite of Victor Frankenstein. This is due to the fact that the creature is alone, facing the challenges of life while being at the mercy of its surroundings. The creature's young life is influenced more by nature. But the nature of the creature begins before the creature is even created. Shelly uses complex and strong diction to give the reader a vivid picture of the inhumane way Victor created the monster. Victor saw the body parts needed to create the creature as “raw materials.” This unethical act “had no effect on [his] imagination, and the churchyard was for [him] simply the receptacle of bodies deprived of life,” Victor states (Shelly 38). The nature of the creature is that of the action necessary for the creature to be created; a disgusting and dishonorable act. Victor resents his creation from the moment it is first produced. He describes his emotions toward the “demonic corpse to which [he] had so miserably given life” (40). The way Shelly describes the creature is absolutely shocking and very complex. His depressingly tone phrasing creates a melancholic atmosphere that foreshadows future events in the creature's life. Even the words “demonic corpse” cause the reader to have an aggressive and miserable representation of this creation. The only one