What are the psychological repercussions of being ostracized? How does Shelley humanize the creature and elicits pathos from the reader, and how does...

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will respond to a combination of the first two questions above. As evidenced by the behavior of
's creature, a state of feeling ostracized can lead to feelings of loneliness, rejection, and
eventually, rage. The effects of these emotions on an individual's pschological state are
usually negative, leading to behaviors that are damaging both to the ostracized individual and
others who are involved with that individual. In the case of , his rage intensifies into a
desperate and all-consuming need for revenge, and he kills 's loved ones in order to satisfy
this need and to punish his creator for bringing him into a world that rejects him so
coldly.

By showing the creature to have deep potential for emotion as well as
an incredible intellectual capacity for refinement and learning, Shelley invites the reader to
feel empathy for the creature. When Victor rejects the creature upon seeing it alive, the
creature feels confused, upset, and rejected, like a human infant who seeks much-needed
attention from his mother. A reader's reaction to Shelley's presentation of the human side of
the creature, however, depends on several factors, and not all readers will feel sympathy. The
complexity of this situation is part of what makes 's Frankenstein an
exceptional work of literature.