A couple of hours ago, an idea came into my head. It was about the Creature's crimes as the title says. In class, we talked about whether Creature was redeemable or not. Some people said that he continued killing knowing he was doing something wrong making it impossible to forgive him, and I just wanted to add to that.
Creature was never regarded as a human being and therefore he had no obligation to follow any human laws including the one saying that killing a human being is a crime. Humans couldn't call him a criminal or a serial killer because he was inhuman and he later became inhumane. What I'm trying to say is that Creature did not commit any human crime therefore he needs to be judged differently from how a normal serial killer would, but that fact is also pro the idea that creature=monster. That’s pretty much all. I just want to know what you all think about this fact. Feel free to contradict me if you want or add to it.
I agree... it's true that society has completely rejected him, he is therefore not part of the human world; he is separated and most of all, alone. In any case, I believe that his crimes are due to to Victor's crime, which was abandoning him.
ReplyDeleteCreature has experienced something in this world that no other human surrounding him has, therefore we can't call him a "serial-killer" - although he still is a killer.
So, what can we call him?
I also agree with that point. Its also important to note that Victor didn't start killing random people, like a "monster killer." He simply killed Victor's relatives and did it to make Victor feel the same loneliness he felt throughout his "childhood." Sure, it was premeditated, but in the end it was to correct Victor's crime, not out of bloodlust or anything like that...
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