Acceptance

In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, we learn that all the monster wants throughout the novel is to be accepted. We first see this at the beginning of the novel when he goes and finds Frankenstein in bed. Frankenstein thought that he was going to attack him, but really he was just looking for love and acceptance. He reached out his hands just like a child would to his or her parents. As we read on in the novel, we see many more circumstances where the monster just wants to be accepted. The monster goes on a trip trying to find the one who had created him. In this part of the novel, we especially see the monster going out of his way to get acceptance from the one person who was suppose to love his unconditionally. The search for acceptance is truly shown in chapter twelve when the creature describes a dream of his. "I imagined that they would be disgusted, until, by my gentle demeanor and conciliating words, I should first win their favor, and afterwords their love" (Shelley, 81). In this scene, we learn that the creature realizes that his appearance makes it difficult for others to love and accept him. At the end though, he realizes that if he truly tries with everything he has that will win their love and acceptance with time.