Is the monster in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein good or evil?

This is a massive
question and a favourite one for assessments of this novel. It is key to realise how in
Gothicthe binary opposition of man/monster is played wth and manipulated to not give us any
definite answers. It would be very easy to consignto the category of monster, asseems to do, but
to do this ignores the way that he shows himself to be capable of the same kind of independent
creative thought and emotions as humans. Indeed, some argue that he shows himself to be more of
a 'man' than mankind itself, that is characterised in the novel as a bloodthirsty...