On one side, the Monster has the ability to depict a sense of purity and fairness as his role of a newborn creation within the novel, not yet poised by society. He holds the innocence of a newborn in his interests to explore different aspects of the world, literature, language, and even people. However, in actuality, the Monster’s short-lived pureness is quickly torn down by society’s reactions and influences and abandonment. Now, he sees himself just as society and his creators do - a horrid and ugly mistake - no longer who he wishes he was or could have been. While he “ought to be thy Adam,” complete with the pureness and innocence of a newborn creation, he is instead “the fallen angel, whom thou drivest from joy for no misdeed.” Before being subjected to society’s cruelty and hateful influences, the Monster “was benevolent and good…[but] misery made [him] a fiend.” The Monster holds two sides - two faces - of who he is and who he could have been, speaking to the effect of society’s disgust and hatred on his own personal perspective of his character. As soon as his birth, his identity is quickly altered as his creator faces him with disgust and hatred, abandoning him and with that, tearing down the innocence and pureness the Monster could have held. Now, the Monster remains on the inside how society views him on the outside - a true monster - no longer the pure Adam he could have been, but the monstrous devil, just as this project paints him to be.
Within this image of the Monster, the reflected surface signifies his own interpretation of his character, like a mirror bouncing back on him, similar to the moment in the novel he had first seen his appearance through a reflection. The reflected image represents the two sides to the Monster’s character - who he longs to be versus who he actually is. Through this portrayal, the Monster wishes to be pure and good, similar to the depiction of Adam within Paradise Lost, but in actuality is simply the horrid creation nobody cares for, not even his own creators. All of society’s judgments and reactions pushed the Monster away from who he could have been and have shaped him into who he actually is, which is what this project portrays by the two different reflections depicted in the Monster’s perspective.
On one side, the Monster has the ability to depict a sense of purity and fairness as his role of a newborn creation within the novel, not yet poised by society. He holds the innocence of a newborn in his interests to explore different aspects of the world, literature, language, and even people. However, in actuality, the Monster’s short-lived pureness is quickly torn down by society’s reactions and influences and abandonment. Now, he sees himself just as society and his creators do - a horrid and ugly mistake - no longer who he wishes he was or could have been. While he “ought to be thy Adam,” complete with the pureness and innocence of a newborn creation, he is instead “the fallen angel, whom thou drivest from joy for no misdeed.” Before being subjected to society’s cruelty and hateful influences, the Monster “was benevolent and good…[but] misery made [him] a fiend.” The Monster holds two sides - two faces - of who he is and who he could have been, speaking to the effect of society’s disgust and hatred on his own personal perspective of his character. As soon as his birth, his identity is quickly altered as his creator faces him with disgust and hatred, abandoning him and with that, tearing down the innocence and pureness the Monster could have held. Now, the Monster remains on the inside how society views him on the outside - a true monster - no longer the pure Adam he could have been, but the monstrous devil, just as this project paints him to be.
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