According to Emile: or A Treatise on Education by Jean Jacques Rousseau, a child’s emotions develop as he experiences it, “It needs knowledge he has not yet acquired, feelings he has not yet experienced” (15). Like a child, the beast from Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”, learns the ropes of society through his experiences. Rousseau’s theory of education by man (society and tradition), things (experience), and nature is reflected in Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” through the beast Frankenstein creates; this beast is impacted mostly by society and tradition, which is reflected through his development of human emotions. These emotions evolve throughout the novel, as the beast matures, which explain how different circumstances in one’s life have an effect on their emotional health. I will be discussing the initial development of the beast’s emotions from his time after he leaves Frankenstein’s apartment, his first subtle sensations turning into basic emotions. Next, I will examine the event in which the beast was chased out of a village and how that treatment led him to go into hiding, where he then develops a sense of resentment and loneliness. Then, I will take into account what he learns through watching the De Lacey family, essentially learning how to speak and express his emotions. Finally, I will elaborate on his hatred for Frankenstein after he fails to create another monster for the beast to have a companion in his life of loneliness, which eventually leads to Frankenstein’s death and the beast’s subsequent misery.