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							Damage and Corruption of a Soul

 ---- Growth and Corruption of the Monster

               2007.12.5
             By 陈树新 张妍
                     Outline

   Introduction
   Three stages of the monster’s life
   Reasons for change
   Summary
 Innocence----Maturity----Corruption
1. The stage of innocence

 Birth/Appearance
  Dull yellow watery eyes, yellow skin scarcely cover
  the work of muscles and arteries beneath, lustrous
  and flowing hair, pearly white teeth, dun white
  sockets, shriveled complexion, straight black lips,
  etc----in a word, ugly!
 Lifestyle/Behaviors: Live and act like an animal
 Feeling of the monster after birth
 Not knowing who or what he is.
  “I felt, heard, and smelt, at the same time; and it was indeed
   a long time before I learnt to distinguish between the
   operations of my various senses.”

 Helpless, miserable, feeling pain invade him from all sides

 Instinctively insecure :
  “I wish to express my sensations in my own mode but the
  uncouth and inarticulate sounds which broke from me
  frightened me into silence again.’’
 Innocence----Maturity----Corruption
2. The stage of becoming mature

 1) Curious about human beings and the society: attracted
  by the family of De Lacey
 2) Moved by the family

 Satisfying himself with berries, nuts, and roots instead of
  stealing food from the family
 Assisting the family by collecting fire woods for them

 Acquirement of language skills
 The ability of reasoning: understanding towards human
  society
 Longing for reception and favor from
  human beings
 Longing for love and fellowship
 Innocence----Maturity----Corruption
3. The stage of corruption
 Outlook on life:
  “I have no choice but to adapt my nature to an element
   which I had willingly chosen.”
 Personality? Monsterality?
  cunning, wretched, cold-blooded, jealous, etc.
 Revenge on his creator: Murderer of 3 victims and
   indirectly murdering Justine ----Destroying him by
   destroying all he loves
 Self-destruction ----polluted by crimes, torn by the bitterest
   remorse, where can the monster find rest but in death?!
              Seeking love
 Victor had tried to create a beautiful being,
  but he is repulsed by its ugliness.
 The monster smiles at Victor, reaches out
  its hand, feels love.
 The unloved child, abused or neglected,
  grows up to be a monster
            Lost of social identity
                   rejection
 The monster's story: felt pain, wept, ignorant,
  hungry, cold, alone. Everyone who sees
  monster shrieks
 Compares self to Adam; monster "wretched,
  helpless and alone," made hideous, lonely
  and unhappy.
 Talks to old man De Lacey; both are innocent
  outcasts.
 Felix responds to monster's external
  appearance and hits him.
           Broken promise
 The monster is willing to look beyond
  ugliness: he wants a female monster as ugly
  as himself

 Frankenstein breaks his word
                Summary

    Psychological and emotional deprivial

       Social prejudice on appearance

     Destructive power of anger and hate


 Am I to be thought the only criminal, when all
        human kinds sinned against me?