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After seeing the grotesque monster, Victor Frankenstein kicked his creation out. This creature was left all alone in the wilderness with no food, no guardian and no idea about its surroundings. The creature had to slowly learn things on its own such as cooking, speaking, and walking but was harmed during the process. The lack of knowledge on life made the creature get burned by fire and scare away many, leaving the creature alone and depressed.

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Victor Frankenstein created a monster very differently than a human creates a child but we see many similarities in terms of education. Victor’s science obsession led him to this creation of which he completely abandoned. The creature was left to live on its own; no one to teach right from wrong, no one to care for, and no one to educate. The creature learned an extreme amount on his own such as how to walk, talk cook and most importantly survive. But unfortunately society didn’t accept this creature, which the creature blames on its creator.

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This miserable unfolding of events has one positivity which is that the creature became educated through the education method described by Locke in “An Essay Concerning Human Understanding.” Locke stresses that one is born with a blank slate, no innate principles. All that is known was only from experiences through sensation and reflection. We see this in Frankenstein. The creature was born with no innate principles or knowledge, and all that it knows by the end of the novel is through personal experiences.

**The viewpoints seen in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein concur with the viewpoints articulated by John Locke**