"I had admired the perfect forms of my cottagers-- their grace, beauty, and delicate complexions: but how I was terrified, when I viewed myself in a transparent pool! At first I started back, unable to believe that it was indeed I who was reflected in the mirror; and when I became fully convinced that I was in reality the monster that I am, I was filled with the bitterest sensations of despondence and mortification. Alas! I did not yet entirely know the fatal effects of this miserable deformity." (page 80).
At this point, I began to sympathize with the creature. He is beginning to form an intelligence and understand different things. He also discovers what he looks like and understands why everyone is so terrified of him. To add to this, he is completely alone. His creator abandoned him, and now it is left to creepily watch a family and care for them. Regarding nature versus nurture as a theme, I believe that by nature, he is not inherently evil like Frankenstein assumes he is. The creature appears to be very kind and empathetic. I think that his lack of nurture will turn him into the monster he is personified as.
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