The irony in the novel "Frankenstein" is that while a human is trying to emulate God under a fit of hedonistic and scientific ambition and tries to create another human, it is the morbid and monstrous creature that comes as a result of this project who really shows the behaviors expected of a true and decent human being.
The creature goes through all the stages of need that every human being experiences: the quest for identity, the need for company, the want of connection, the desire for love, the love for philosophy and literature, the rage of injustice, the fear of the unknown, shame, and guilt. His creator, however, aside from anger and fear, is not as three-dimensional as his creation. Could it be that, in the making of a monster, he created a jewel in disguise?
And yet, as much as he might want to be a part of a natural world, the creature simply cannot. The poor creature has every single human need and desire inside of him, but is invariably shun from the world due to its grotesque aspect, and to his horrible nature.
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