"All Human Kind Sinned Against Me": Frankenstein's Monster Talks Back

In Frankenstein, Mary Shelley elaborates on how ‘monsters’ are made and examines how Frankenstein and the society at large coerce the unnamed creature to become a monster. Throughout the novel, Shelley deals with how an identity is given by the society. The creature himself is employed as the narrator who speaks against the arguments of his creator. While Frankenstein believes that innate evilness of his creation would only harm humankind, the creature counter argues by pointing out that his 'evil' conducts are merely consequential outcome of people's malicious attitude towards the Other. The creature’' s narrative exposes the injustice of the majority that excludes racial Others with different physicalities, and also encourages the readers to sympathize with the displaced Other. Although Frankenstein is reluctant t。 admit it, his violent reaction towards the creation he had once cherished derives from his fear of the Other's subjectivity. He finds the gaze of the creature terribly threatening, for the gaze forces him to recognize the creature's agency. Frankenstein's refusal to accept the creature as a subject leads him to abort the female mate he had been working on for the creature, and after this abortion, the devastated creature transforms into the ’monster' of Frankenstein’s nightmares