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Frankenstein: Who Is The True Monster' If you were to ask people who Frankenstein is they would probably describe a tall, hideous monster with bolts sticking out of its neck. But long before Boris Karloff’s portrayal of the monster, there was a novel by Mary Shelley entitled Frankenstein. In her novel, the monster is shown as child-like and uneducated. But what really makes someone a monster' Who is the true monster of Mary Shelley’s novel' A monster is defined as “One who inspires horror or disgust” and this is seen throughout the novel. Though Frankenstein’s creature disgusts the townspeople and they are afraid of him, it is Victor who is the true monster of the novel. Victor is so engrossed with his search for the “secret of life” that he locks himself in his apartment and does not want to be bothered. Once he discovers this “secret” he creates a horrible monster from random body parts of others and gives it life. He then abandons the monster because he feels guilty for making it and he fears what the monster might do. He even went so far as to wish his monster was dead. He shows his disgust monster, creature, victor, because, people, novel, disgust, shows, himself, learn, chose, caused, actions, victor’s, true, shunned, pain, mary, life, left, learned, hatred, frankenstein, family, creator, created, compassion, about, wife, watching, unhappiness, through, things, tells, teach