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The sun continues to be a bastion of diligent journalism (lemmy.world)

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[-] Soktopraegaeawayok@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

What's funny about this? He WAS a victim. He was the creation of pride and hubris. Only shallow judgement made him a "monster"

[-] Lobster@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 months ago

The murders make him a monster.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 5 months ago

You could probably call the first one a tragic accident that is ultimately the doctor's fault, but he's killed at a minimum four people by the end.

[-] frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago

Only shallow judgement made him a “monster”

You mean the monster's own bad judgement, or Frankenstein, or the humans in the book in general?

[-] jve@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Frankenstein immediately labels him an abomination as soon as he comes to life, and he never gives him a chance to show that he’s anything but a monster.

He also hides out trying to help this family for a long time, and as soon as they see him, they assume he’s evil and terrible and run away as well.

The monster kills a few of Frankensteins family members, and stalks him for the rest of his days though, so he did kinda become the thing he was thought to be.

Victims turning into monsters because of abuse is kinda the whole point of the book.