"I was benevolent; my soul glowed with love and humanity; but am I not alone, miserably alone? You, my creator, abhor me; what hope can I gather from your fellow creatures, who owe me nothing? they spurn and hate me." (Page 69)
Rejection is a disabling thing. The creature was born, and immediately he was rejected and hated by the only thing he knew: Victor. This reminded me of one of the first few scenes in the musical Wicked. Elphaba, the future Wicked Witch of the West, was born green, and her family instantly developed feelings of disgust towards her. They couldn't just love her. They had to freak out about their green baby and basically ruin her adolescence even though her mother was to blame for getting drunk and sleeping around.
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The creature suffered from the same instant rejection by his father of sorts. It completely messed with his psyche because he just wanted to be loved. Fortunately, he was able to discover that there is good in the world, and he did not turn out to be evil.
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