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Chapter 16

The Monster's Dark Side

"The feelings of kindness and gentleness which I had entertained but a few moments before gave place to hellish rage and gnashing of teeth" (Shelley 121).

Kristin Hansen and Lauren Kester- 5th Period
 * Contributors:**

After the monster is rejected by the family, he feels his first evil and he burns the house. He then saves a little girl from drowning, but gets shot and feels miserable. He then meets William Frankenstein, strangles him, takes the locket from him, and puts it into a fold in Justin's dress.
 * Summary:**


 * Allusions:**

The monster does a good deed and has good intentions (to save the girl), but he is punished for it. ---The soldiers in Iraq trying to help and create stability, but they are still being killed. (Good connection, but allusions are references to something in the past...)

"Awake, fairest, thy lover is near--he who would give his life but to obtain one look of affection from thine eyes; my beloved, awake" (Shelley 123)! ---Echos Shakespeare's //Romeo and Juliet// in the scene where Romeo is looking over Juliet's "dead" body.


 * Motifs/Symbols:**

the locket with the picture of the beautiful mother ---the monster gave it away because he is not able to have human beauty and love

weather ---this always seems to reflect the Monster's mood (Why? What's the significance?)


 * Themes:**

The need and desire for love and family ("LitCharts") -the monster's only demand is that Frankenstein make him another like him to live in community with him.

revenge for evils done ("LitCharts") -the monster is mad at the world for rejecting him, so he destroys and kills, even though it is against his old nature to harm anyone.

loss of innocence ("LitCharts") -Because the world and Frankenstein despise the monster, he loses control and kills William. He loses the innocence when he learns of his plight that whatever he does, he will still be hated.

Prejudice towards people who are different ("LitCharts") The little girl's guardian shot Frankenstein because he looked scary and different. He did not even consider that such an ugly creature could do anything helpful. Even the little boy William had prejudice towards the monster. Prejudice and prejudging is common in humanity. (These need more development)


 * Character Development:**

The Monster starts out being kind and caring toward the De Lacey family, but after he is rejected, he gets angry. In this chapter, he burns down their cottage. This is his first evil act he commits. Then he saves a little girl, but then is shot. He realizes that he cannot be loved by humankind. He then decides to kidnap a boy that comes along and raise him to be his company, but when the little boy says his name, the Monster kills him. (This is too much like a plot summary - discuss his changes more) This shows that the Monster is developing an evil set of mind. This shows that he has human feeling and a temper.


 * Significant Quotes and explanations:**

"I am alone and miserable: man will not associate with me; but one as deformed and horrible as myself would not deny herself to me. My companion must be of the same species and have the same defects. This being you must create" (Shelley 123).

---The monster realizes that he can never associate with normal humans, so he asks for someone like him. This shows his human nature and how he desires love. In this quote, the monster shows that he understands his place in society, but wants to change it. He wants love and care, just like any human would desire.

"I learned from your papers that you were my father, my creator; and to whom could I apply with more fitness than to him who had given me life" (Shelley 119)?

---The monster is saying here that he wants Frankenstein. He calls Frankenstein "father," which has much connotation to it. He also realizes that Frankenstein is the only one who can help him. Fitness in this sentence means the quality of being suitable to fulfill a particular role or task. This means that the monster realizes that Frankenstein is the one who must fill the void in his life.


 * Art Gallery:**


 * [[image:house_burning.jpg width="480" height="638"]] ||  ||
 * [[image:gun.jpg width="640" height="386"]] ||  ||
 * [[image:JGS_CrossLocket.jpg width="640" height="316"]] ||  ||


 * Work Cited:**

"Frankenstein: Themes." //LitCharts//. N.p., 2010. Web. 5 Dec 2010. .


 * Shelley, Mary. //Frankenstein Or, The Modern Prometheus//. New York: Signet Classics, 1963. Print. **