's novel
offers readers a critical look at the question of "nature versus
nurture." Since abandoned by his "father" upon his "birth," 's creature
must rely upon his own intuition and self-education to survive. Therefore, it is true that
"self education plays a critical role in shaping the subjectivity of Victor Frankenstein's
monster."
Victor flees his "son" as soon as it lives. He,
mortified by the appearance of , flees from his flat in order to escape both his creature and
the reality of what he has done. The creature, therefore, is left to educate himself upon both
survival and life.
The creature, unfamiliar with anything at all, must learn
to depend upon his sense in order to survive. Once he masters his senses, he must learn how to
communicate. This he teaches himself through mimicking the DeLaceys and reading different papers
and books. He comes to understand how the world works through his interactions with other
beings, learns about love through watching Felix and Safie, and learns about his own existence
through Paradise Lost and Victor's papers. Everything that the creature
know he does so because of his own questioning and actions. No one teaches him anything about
life (with the exception that he is not like other humans which he comes to realize because of
the way they treat him).
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