The answer
to this question is subjective and will vary from person to person, but I find the one
thatcreatedthe most relatable character.
The creature is relatable
becausemakes him a rounded character with the same longings and desires as other human beings,
despite his misshapen form. Therefore, we feel for his pain. He didn't ask to be born, and yet
he is cruelly spurned by his "father" and creator, Victor, who is repelled at his
ugliness. Though the creature yearns for love, he elicits the same fear in other people as he
does in Victor. Even good people are frightened and react badly to his appearance.
This is relatable because almost everyone at some time in their life is rejected based
on a superficial judgment of who they are by people who haven't really taken the time to know
them. That is painful experience and one that the creature repeatedly has to undergo.
We can also relate to how terrible it must feel to be rejected by a parent figure and
left isolated to roam the earth without a set place to be or people to love you.
The creature attempts to explain to Victor the pain he feels at his misshapen body, and
we can empathize with what he is undergoing as he lashes out at his creator:
Accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even
you turned from me in disgust? God, in pity, made man beautiful and alluring, after his own
image; but my form is a filthy type of yours, more horrid even from the very resemblance....I am
solitary and abhorred.
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