Throughout the novel so far, nature is used as a rehabilitation point. For example on page 66, “It filled me with a sublime ecstasy, that gave wings to the soul, and allowed it to soar from the obscure world to light and joy. The sight of the awful and majestic in nature had indeed always the effect of solemnizing my mind and causing me to forget the passing cares of life” (Shelly). This illuminates the fact that Mary Shelly believes that nature “solemnizes the mind” (Shelly). In all of the chaos that is occurring in Dr. Frankenstein’s life, he finds peace in nature.

Frankenstein called the monster horrible names and made it feel unloved causing it to become jealous and be the possible cause of his brothers death

I understand that the monster can be friendly and experience love but I believe if William had provoked it, it would have killed him

I was surprised when the monster didn’t act violent or try to do something to Victor when he ran at him because Victor describes him as an awful creature but if he was as awful as we think he is then he could’ve just killed him instead of telling Victor to “Be calm!”

It surprised me that the monster was very intelligent and seems to feel things very deeply, in a way that even a lot of humans can’t seem to do. When talking about how miserable he was he said he looked to the “bleak skies” because "they are kinder to me then your fellow beings. He even seems to remind me a lot of Victor, as they are both intelligent feel things deeply and have a strong connection to the healing power of nature.

The Monster speaks fluently, with a depth that implies maturity and perspective for a creature so young. At two years old he is more eloquent and well-spoken than a man who is twenty-something! On page 68, “Be calm! I intreat you to hear me, before you give vent to your hatred on my devoted head. Have I not suffered enough, that you seek to increase my misery? …But I will not be tempted to set myself in opposition to thee. I am thy creature, and I will be even mild and docile to my natural lord and king.” When Frankenstein attacks him, he does not retaliate, and instead explains himself in a clear and concise manner. His words flow, and he is clearly capable of very complex thought. This is in sharp contrast to the portrayal of the monster in media, like the movie.

The monster states, “Hear my tale; it is long and strange, and the temperature of this place is not fitting to your fine sensations; come to the hut upon the mountain” (Shelly). This shows that the monster gave Victor his hospitality even after Victor had ridiculed him. He even made sure Victor was not harmed from the cold because of his “fine sensations” (Shelly).

On page 68, Victor and the monster say their first words to each other. Victor brings up the fact that the monster has already killed two people. The monster gets upset when Victor threatens to kill the monster. The monster responded, “…but if you refuse, I will glut the maw of death, until it be satiated with the blood of your remaining friends”. This is surprising because the monster practicality admitted to murdering Victors friends and openly said that he would kill Victor if he says he would kill the monster.

Victor Frankenstein was terrified of the monster that he had created. In the text what surprised me was when the monster states,"Make me happy , and I shall again be virtuous’. The author portrayed the monster to be hideous and evil, when all it wanted was to have a friend. He confided in Frankenstein because he was its creator and his duty was to look after his monster.

After the monster and Victor exchange there first remarks, Victor lunges for the monster, and the Monster just avoids him,“He easily eluded me, and said,-Be calm! I intreat you to hear me before you give vent to your hatred on my devoted head.”(Page 68) This surprised me because Victor already thinks the monster has killed, so he is trying to kill the monster. The monster could definitely beat Victor in a fight, yet he tries to avoid him and cool him off,yet he wishes to stay alive. The monster could just end victor and not have to worry about him as a threat to his life.

“….must I be hated, who am miserable beyond all living things…” (Shelly 68).
After he explains that he is in misery he goes on and says, “I was benevolent and good: misery made me a fiend” (Shelley 69). This made me wonder how could he have been good but then after do terrible things like killing William. What misery is he experiencing to make him be such a awful person?

When Victor and the monster came face to face, Victor was extremely emotional, as expected. However, what surprised me was that the monster itself also had feelings of turmoil. “All men hate the wretched; how, then, must I be hated, who am miserable beyond all living things! Yet you, my creator, detest and spurn me” (Shelley 68). This feeling of being hated shocked me, as I originally assumed that the monster didn’t care about anything, and was only capable of wrecking havoc.

If the monster actually killed William than I thought that he would be mad that he figures out, however the monster gave an intelligent argument that was effective toward what he was trying to prove.

On page 68 Victor says “the extinction of your miserable existence” and the monster says “Be clam”. On this page Victor is aggressive and threatens to kill the monster whereas the monster is calm even while Victor threatens him. This surprised me because the monster is put into a bad light because victor thinks the monster murdered William. The monster, however, is calm and Victor is the aggressive one.

This makes Frankenstein realize that what he created is now a normal being that functions as a normal human. With this, Frankenstein knows that his creation is more than what he thought it would turn out to be.

Victor created the monster to create life out of death and “Bless me as its creator and source; many happy and excellent natures would owe their being to me,” (Shelley pg. 32). Once he has created the monster, he looks on it as ugly, frequently calling it “Abhorred monster” and “Devil” (Shelley pg. 68). This gives the reader a bad impression of Victor because even when the monster attempts to negotiate and talk, Victor refuses to listen saying, “Begone! I will not hear you. There can be no community between you and me” (Shelley pg. 69)

Once Frankenstein’s monster was alive, it appeared as though Frankenstein was unsure how to react to him. He couldn’t figure out how to “describe [his] emotions at this catastrophe.” (Shelley) Victor clearly spoke about how he didn’t know what to think because “his limbs were in proportion” and “his teeth [had a] pearly whiteness;” however, he has “yellow skin scarcely covering the work of muscles,” and his features were “only a formed a more horrid contrast with his watery eyes” and other terrifying features. (Shelley) Overall, he couldn’t decipher his feelings because on the one hand he created this being and there were some beautiful parts to him, but also, there were parts about him that would make everyone fear him.

On page 68 Victor says “Devil how dare you approach me, With the extension of your miserable existence” Then the monster says “Be calm!” The moment victor see the monster he gets angry, the monster doesn’t was to fight and just wants to talk. This makes me think victor doesn’t want to talk to the monster because that could mean taking responsibility for his actions. My Impression of Victor is different because I feel he is no longer being a reasonable person and I feel less sorry for him than I used to.

It surprised me, even in the beginning of the monsters life, just how quick he is to blame the monster for everything, even before there was any proof that he did something wrong. When talking to the monster he says very harsh words against him, even going as far to say the “tortures of hell” are "to mild a vengeance for thy crimes, and takes a long time to listen, and it seems very out of character for Victor, who usually seems to reason things out before jumping to conclusions. It makes Victor seem much less innocent in my eyes

When Victor and the monster meet again on Pg. 68, Victor immediately begins pushing the monster away by yelling “Devil…do you dare approach me? and do not you fear the fierce vengeance of my arm wreaked on your miserable head?” Victor brought the monster to life and left him in an unfamiliar world to fend for itself, and immediately begins to show only anger and threats to it upon meeting it again. Victor knows that he, by creating the monster and leaving it on its own, is ultimately responsible for Williams death. Instead of facing this, he blames the monster entirely and pushes it away in order to run from his own guilt. Victor is selfish, and willing to put all the blame on his own creation, making it miserable and angry, so that he can live with himself.

As Frankenstein had no actual proof that the Monster had killed William, and as the Monster was much more powerful than him, his rage and his threats, “Begone, vile insect! or rather, stay, that I might trample you to dust!”(pg 68), while understandable, were probably not the best of ways to open a dialogue. And the fact that this unbridled aggression and open hatred persisted after the Monster asks Frankenstein to listen to reason, indeed, pleads with him to be kind and merciful, to at least give him a chance might shows that Frankenstein is not thinking objectively. He is assuming the monster is evil, and refusing to hear or think anything to the contrary. Yet, the fact that he could eventually be persuaded also shows that he is still himself in there somewhere, the one who loves nature, the romantic.

This is because immediately after coming across the monster in the woods, he expressed how he wanted the monster dead and that because of the things he did, he should be killed. Now, this would make sense, however, Victor still has no solid evidence that the monster was the one that killed his brother. Along with this, Victor also never considered the negative outcomes that could result in attempting to kill the monster.

Although the monster seems peaceful at some points in this chapter, he also has periods of anger and hostility. On page 68, the monster says “If you comply with my conditions, I will leave them and you at peace; but if you refuse, I will glut the maw of death, until it be satiated with the blood of your remaining friends.” Although offering peace at first, he continues to threaten Victor and promises to hurt his friends if things don’t go the way he wants. A phrase that really stood out to me in his threat was “with the blood of your remaining friends.”, notice that he says “remaining” implying that he was involved with the death of William and that he intends to finish the job by killing the rest of Victors loved ones.

On page 70, the text reads, “‘Thus I relive thee, my creator,’ he said, and placed his hated hands before my eyes, which I flung from me with violence; ‘thus I take from thee a sight which you abhor. Still thou cant listen to me and grant me thy compassion’” (Shelly). This shows that the monster is very articulate and seems even romantic. The monster cares about Victor “granting him his compassion” (Shelly). The monster was portrayed as a savage in the beginning of the book, however, this seems false.

I think the monster is acting all nice to Victor to make it seem like he is a kind person who wouldn’t kill someone. This way Victor can think about how he couldn’t imagine the monster doing anything harsh to someone else. On page 68, the monsters attitude changes when he says “… until it be satiated with the blood of your remaining friends”. This now makes it seem like he is a cruel person who would kill someone like William.

The monster essentially admits to killing William while talking to Victor saying that the “Guilty are allowed” to speak and defend themselves (Shelley pg. 69). The monster makes it clear that taking life is insignificant to him and that he will “Glut the maw of death, until it be satiated with the blood” of Victor’s friends and family if Victor does not hear him out (Shelley pg. 68). The monster feels it is Victor’s fault he is hated, and that being hated by the people gives him the right to hurt and kill them.

Although the monster is much more smart, and speaks with big words, he has the intellect to understand his actions

Even if throughout the book the monster can show peace and kindness, he can show anger and resentment. Throughout this portion of the book, the monster seems to be explaining why he ran away and how miserable his life is, which all seems relativity calm. But, in the chapter he also states, “if you comply” then “I will them and you at peace;” however, “but if you refuse, I will glut the maw of death, until it be satiated with the blood of your remaining friends.” (Shelley 68) By using the word ‘remaining’ in this statement, the monster implies that he has already taken the life of one of Frankenstein’s friend. Also the monster has a motive to has killed one of his friends. Victor acted so poorly to the monster at the beginning, so it only makes sense that the monster is now acting hostile back at him. Since Victor practically made the monster’s life miserable, the monster is returning the favor and making Victor’s life awful by planning to kill all of his friends.

On page 68 Victor is speaking aggressively to the monster as he states, “Devil,I exclaimed, do you dare approach me? and do not you fear the fierce vengeance of my arm wreaked on your miserable head”. He called the monster a devil and demonized him. He also threatened to fight him which shows that he is to blame because he caused the monster pain.Especially, because the monster just wanted to be friends with Victor. Victor also accused the monster of murder which could cause the monster become upset/emotional.

On page 68 the monster says “All men hate the wretched; how, then, must I be hated, who am miserable beyond all living things! Yet you, my creator , detest and spurn me, they creature, to whom thou art bound by ties only dissoluble by the annihilation of one of us.” Victor played with parts of science and nature that weren’t meant to be played with, created a creature that was never meant to be alive, and brought life to it anyway to satisfy his own curiosity. After bringing the monster, unfamiliar with the world he was brought into, to life, Victor ran from it and pushed it away instead of helping it to adapt. I believe that this is what ultimately led to the monsters miserable emotional state, and that it may have even lead to the monster killing William.

This is because of the fact that not only did Frankenstein make the monster so terribly ugly and hated, but now Frankenstein would like nothing more than to see the monster die. In the text it stated, “Everywhere I see bliss, from which I alone am irrevocably excluded” (Shelley). It then later went on to say that during Frankenstein and the monster’s conversation, the monster brought up the point that “You purpose to kill me” (Shelley). This inferring that the only thing that Victor intends to do is make sure he sees the “extinction” of the monster’s miserable existence.

Victor created the monster and now that the monster understands his place in the World, this must bring him sadness.

From almost the moment he was created victor hated the monster. On page 35 it says “Breathless horror and disgust filled my heart.” Immediately after being “born” the monster is told he is ugly and his creator runs away. After that Victor does nothing but bash the monster and automatically assume the worst. All the monster knows is that the person who made him hates him and thinks he’s ugly. With no positive support, of course the monster feels the way he does, He has had nothing good or happy in his life.

While his state of emotion might not all be Victor’s fault, he does contribute to a big portion of it. Once the monster was created, he did nothing to show kindness to the monster, instead he treated him with rudeness and disrespect. Victor even says that his dream was to create this monster, that he even risked his health and sanity to finish the project. But then, he states that now that he was done, “the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled [his] heart.” (Shelley 35) At the first moments of his monster’s being and from then on behaved toward the monster rudely. He called him “the miserable monster [he] created,” and “the demoniacal corpse to which [he] had so miserably given life.” (Shelley 35/36) Because of the only emotions the monster being exposed to was hatred, it only makes sense that he cannot show or spread kindness, for he has never been taught how and Frankenstein is at fault for that.

After the Monster and Victor first encounter and Victor attempts to lunge at the Monster, he says,“Have I not suffered enough, that you seek to increase my misery? Life, although it might only be an accumulation of anguish, is dear to me, and I will defend it.”(Page 68). This dialogue shows how much agony the monster has gone through, and Victor attempting to kill him is making him more emotional and defensive.

I believe that because Victor lashed out first, the monster got angry, or at least more angry to begin with. On page 68 Victor is quick to anger. “‘Devil,’ I exclaimed, ‘do you dare approach me? and do not you fear the fierce vengeance of my arm wreaked on your miserable head? Begone, vile insect! or rather, stay, that I trample you to dust!’” (Shelley). The monster responds with just as much hostility. “… ‘but if you refuse, I will glut the maw of death, until it be satiated with the blood of your remaining friends.’” I believe that because Victor lashed out first, the monster grew angry at the pure disgust directed at him from his own creator.

Immediately after creating the monster that he worked for so long on, he is immediately disgusted by its “shriveled complexion and straight black lips,” (Shelley pg. 35). He rushes out of his house, leaving the monster alone and without any guidance. When Victor and the monster meet later, the monster makes it clear that he too, blames Victor for everything.

Right now the monster is scared, lonely and confused. People are running away from him which makes him feel insecure and lonely. It is Victors fault that the monster feels this way because he is the one who created him and is now scared of him. If you were brought to a world and people weren’t treating you like they others, you you be very upset and wouldn’t know what to do. When the monster came to life, Victor got scared and ran away causing the monster to do the same. This made the monster scared of himself because he didn’t know what was going on.