Why is Frankenstein's creation a monster?

Answer 1

In Mary Shelley's novel, Frankenstein's creation begins as a physical monster, even though his creator, Victor Frankenstein, selected beautiful body parts to make him. He is eight feet tall (easier to make a big body, Victor says) with watery yellow eyes, thin black lips, and stringy black hair. His character begins benign but as people respond in Horror, fear, and violence toward his physical presence, his anger builds and he becomes violent in return. Read more about whether the creator or the creation is more monstrous in Susan Tyler Hitchcock's book, Frankenstein: A Cultural History.