In the novel Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, Victor Frankenstein is the true monster, not the creature himself.

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When he sees Victor for the first time, he "?had feelings of affection, [but] they were requited by detestation and scorn" (Shelley). The fact that Frankenstein fled from his creation very shortly after it came to life, proves how he refused to accept his obligations and responsibilities after his creature was created...
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When he sees Victor for the first time, he "?had feelings of affection, [but] they were requited by detestation and scorn" (Shelley). The fact that Frankenstein fled from his creation very shortly after it came to life, proves how he refused to accept his obligations and responsibilities after his creature was created...
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