He Was Too Pure For The Cruel World He Was Brought Into - Blog Posts

So here me out, if Victor's description of the creature as beautiful when he was making him is true, and Walton’s description of the creature as a hideous monster upon seeing him at the end of the novel is true, perhaps the creature’s appearance changes as a reflection of how he’s treated.

I believe that the creature appears hauntingly beautiful (as beautiful an 8ft man made from the body parts of dead people could be) when he’s brought into the world, but as he faces constant rejection from mankind and is treated as a monster, his looks begin to reflect his perception of himself. And as his innocence is corrupted and he chooses to act like the monster society sees him as, the creature’s appearance gradually degrades. By the end of Frankenstein, he’s killed four people in his quest for acceptance and has trekked through the arctic, so he looks just like the wretched daemon that Victor always said he was.

…this all to ask, if he was treated with kindness and love would he slowly start to look more human?