The Lamb (Yao Lin)
In my opinion, I think the creature is more like lamb after I have read both two poems. “Dost thou know who made thee? Gave thee life, and bid thee feed” (3). The creature is just like a lamb and like a naive baby. He had no idea about who brought him to this world and why he existed in this world. He did not understand that why all humans disliked him and why they called him a monster. “For he calls himself a lamb. He is meek & he is mild” (15). Frankenstein was a smart man with a good soul. He just wanted to prove his theory and to save more lives in this world. The experiment was successful, but Frankenstein did not teach creature how to be a virtuous and useful man. Frankenstein was abandoned him and left him alone. As people says, by nature, all human being are kind. No one was born with evil. Our creature was a good example, I can feel that he was so virtuous and innocent when he was hiding in De Lacey’s neighborhood. He helped and protected the family for no reason and the only thing he wanted are friends as well as family. He desired to have cares and loves. “For so I loved, in an innocent, half painful self-deceit, to call them” (Shelly, 84). I believe love can change him. When he had love, his hatreds would all be gone. Therefore, I think he would be like a meek and mild lamb which would carry with people’s correct directions and loves. As a consequence, he would not be a crime and would not be an inhuman killer.

The Tiger (Kendra Doshi)
I believe that the tiger best exemplifies the creature in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. In the poem, the tiger was described as an animal with “dread hands” and “dread feet.” The poet also goes on to describe this tiger by saying, “what immortal hand or eye, could frame thy fearful symmetry.” The tiger is automatically associated with danger and fear and I believe Frankenstein was also viewed in this manner. When Frankenstein was created, Victor, the scientist, felt automatic anxiety from his creation: “I had worked hard for nearly two years, for the sole purpose of infusing life into an inanimate body. For this I had deprived myself of rest and health. I had desired it with an ardour that far exceeded moderation; but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart.” Victor displays his disappointment due to the appearance of the creature regardless of the large amount of time spent on his creation. Frankenstein’s appearance was also described in a ferocious way like the tiger when portrayed by Victor: “His yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath; his hair was of a lustrous black, and flowing; his teeth of a pearly whiteness; but these luxuriances only formed a more horrid contrast with his watery eyes…” Victor choose the word “horrid” in order express his opinions on the appearance of his creation and for these reasons I believe the tiger best represents Frankenstein in Mary Shelley’s novel.