True_Evil

True Evil The True Evil Everyone is able to commit evil within every human being on earth. It is how we overcome these urges to use this evil that defines who we are. In Mary Shelley’s gothic novel, “Frankenstein”, evil is portrayed in many ways through Victor Frankenstein’s actions. The main conflict in the novel is based on the “monster” Victor Frankenstein created in his laboratory. He neglects his responsibility to the monster he created by ignoring its existence, and his cowardice leads to feelings of guilt and unhappiness that cause his life to unravel and the people he loves to perish. His refusal to be accountable for his action brings the misery and misfortune that constitute the foundation of the novel. As the monster explains how he was tellinsg how he has a difficult time adjusting to his new surroundings and how he was hated by all people he first came in contact with, “he struggled violently. “Let me go,” he cried:”monster! Ugly wretch! You wish to eat me and tear me into pieces”(Shelly 136). This proves that every person he encounters thinks that he is going to harm them. The monster also was telling how he learned all monster, evil, people, victor, novel, just, human, frankenstein, explains, world, loved, every, earth, being, am, telling, love, look, let, hate, go, everyone, creature, created, away, about, write, wretch, within, wish, william, whom, ways, way, wasn’t