The monster
When the monster describes himself, it's all sunshine and light. But we haven't established whether he's actually a monster-or whether he becomes a monster because "where they ought to see a feeling and kind friend, they behold only a detestable monster" (15.26) Heart of Gold? Okay, so we've established that he's ugly. Even Walton, who knows the whole story, can't deal: " Never did I behold a vision so horrible as his face," he says: "I shut my eyes involuntarily" (24.56). The sweet, gentle family he's been spying on in the forest falls to pieces when they see him: Agatha faints, Safie runs away, and Felix beats him with a stick (15.37). Unfortunately, Victor isn't the only one who's terrified of the monster on sight. (Check out his " Character Analysis" for more about that.) And when you take a closer look at this description, the real horror seems to be the contrast: flowing black hair and white teeth juxtaposed with his shriveled face and "straight black lips." We don't exactly blame Victor for running out the door, but we do have to point out that Victor has already revealed himself to put a little too much emphasis on appearance.
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#THE MONSTER SKIN#
Beautiful! Great God! His yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath his hair was of a lustrous black, and flowing his teeth of a pearly whiteness but these luxuriances only formed a more horrid contrast with his watery eyes, that seemed almost of the same colour as the dun-white sockets in which they were set, his shrivelled complexion and straight black lips. His limbs were in proportion, and I had selected his features as beautiful. Or does it? We'd like to give him the benefit of the doubt-but, when it comes down to it, we'd be pulling out the mace and pressing the panic button on our cellphone if we saw him in a dark alley.
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He has a face not even a mother/ mad scientist could loveā¦ but at least it comes with a heart of gold. (Click the character infographic to download.)