https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRppXdKDY_c&t=128s
2:00 – 3:35
“Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay To mould me Man, did I solicit thee From darkness to promote me?”
This is the monster talking to Victor and he is basically saying, how can you shun me and not want me, I didn’t ask to be created by you but still you did it. This is represented quite well in this video where he is sitting with Frankenstein talking to him about his story about how he was trying to fit in with people. He hid in the shack and tried to learn language from the family and to learn to love as they has loved each other. When Safie comes into the De Lacey family and they are teaching her English and history. He even learns about good and evil and he really tries to learn how to be good through them. He then starts to resent Frankenstein himself for making him so ugly and unlovable. This video has really clarified the story and brought to life the novel Frankenstein and has truly shown me how sympathetic we should be of the monster. The Monster was trying his best to become a good person and when the De Lacey’s moved away from him, he felt as rejected as he ever had, this rejection that kept on happening, first from his creator and now from a family he thought he had his best chance with. All of this led to the Monster being who he was, and after knowing his back story, he is a much more compelling character in this novel.