Frankenstein's Creature has many layered feelings toward his creator. As much as the Creature hates Victor, there are two reasons he won't simply kill him.One reason is necessity. Both the Creature and Victor recognize that Victor was wrong for being horrified of the Creature and abandoning him the moment he was born. In doing so, Victor failed to treat the Creature with any kind of dignity or acceptance and instead only showed him contempt. The Creature was alone from the second he was born. That loneliness was a result of his nature; he was the only specimen of his kind. That's why, more than anything, he wanted Victor to create a partner for him. The Creature tells Victor he is "alone and miserable" and "consumed by a burning passion that [Victor] alone can gratify." Only Victor can make the Creature a partner to live with. The Creature doesn't want to kill Victor because, not only is that not his goal, but doing so would prevent him from ever having somebody else to love and be loved by. The Creature even says to Victor, "make me happy, and I shall again be virtuous," signifying that he doesn't want to hurt anybody at all.Second, the Creature's curse is his life in isolation. Because Victor continuously denies the Creature's request for a companion, the Creature wants to make Victor as lonely as he is. The Creature wants to punish Victor and make him feel the same isolation and self-loathing he's felt since birth. The Creature can't be a part of the regular world, so he commits himself fully to revenge against Victor. Neither Victor's life nor his own mean anything to the Creature; he wants to make Victor "curse the sun that gazes on [his] misery." He kills Victor's family, friends, and wife all for the purpose of making Victor hate his own life. By doing that, he makes Victor the only other person who understands his loneliness.
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