One of the many examples would be taking the time to listen to the creature’s story. There have been many occasions in the novel where Victor tried to sympathize with the creature. Though I understand that the creature did not ask to be on the planet in which be resides on, nor did he ask to be as hideous as he is, we must also consider that Victor’s experiment did not go as planned. Victor’s goal of creating his own being did not include creating a being that would terrorize society. The readers comprehend that Victor’s desire to create another being stems from his love for natural philosophy and his early experiences with death. Popular to contrary belief, I sympathize more with Victor Frankenstein. I personally feel bad for Victor that he had to experience many casualties before realizing that certain things just aren't meant to be. At the same time, readers can also feel sympathetic towards Victor for the mistake he made. Majority of readers can agree that Victor was naive and selfish to create something that shouldn't have been created. Victor realized how 'evil and dangerous' this creature was, and how he lost many of his family members due to the creature. Victor was quite excited and eager to do the impossible, and now his plan didn't go as expected. Victor had this idea of creating a creature and possessing a power that only a superior being can hold which is the power to bring life. However, after much thought, I agree with Allen Rodway and truly believe the readers sympathy lies with Victor Frankenstein. The setup of the novel allows the audience to develop some form of sympathy towards the creature due to all the unfortunate situations that he founds himself in. The Creature decided for Victor to experience loneliness, coldness, and hunger at the end of the story because the Creature feels hurt from his experience. Also when the Creature explains that he is too ugly that no one wants to even talk to him makes the reader feel sad because we have felt his pain. He feels angry that Victor wasn’t there to help him. The Creature had to find a way to keep warm and to feed himself.

The Creature felt alone, cold, and hungry in the world. Victor is to blame because he had played God and didn’t take care of the Creature when it became alive. The story of the Creature makes a different perspective for the reader because the Creature’s story was sad and made the reader think that the Creature isn’t to blame for all his actions. Mary Shelley could have not included those chapters and make it seem that Victor is innocent from what is happening with him. Harold Bloom is right that the reader’s sympathy lies with the Creature because Mary Shelley decided to give the Creature a chance to tell his own story.

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