This philosophical analysis focuses on the main character of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, the monster, and how his crime of killing a young boy and framing an innocent bystander is explained to through the arguments. made by Mengzi regarding bad natures. This parallel will be made by showing the Monster's progression from good nature to evil nature and how his motivation to ruin his creator's life tainted his fundamental core. I will first briefly discuss the action as depicted in Frankenstein, and then discuss how Mengzi's ideas explain the change in the monster's nature. Evil Action Explained The main plot of Frankenstein involves the lives of two major characters, Victor Frankenstein and the Monster. Their relationship is tumultuous, mainly due to the fact that Frankenstein created the monster with the wish to be some kind of god and to be able to play with the balance between life and death. Then he comes to deeply regret his act and abandons the monster by throwing him into the world without any education or guidance. Because of this, throughout the book the monster harbors resentment towards Frankenstein and dedicates his life to making Frankenstein a living hell. Of the many horrible things the Monster has done to achieve this goal, the main evil action I will focus on is the murder of William, Frankenstein's younger brother, and the framing of his nanny for the murder. After being continually rejected by not only his creator, but countless other humans, based solely on his horrific appearance, the monster decides to take revenge on humanity and especially Frankenstein for bringing to life such a horrible creature as him. After deciding this, the Monster decides to go to her hometown and see... middle of paper... her beauty but knew she would reject him like everyone else did, so he continued to trap her. anyway. This shows that it was not a lack of thought that caused the monster to commit this evil act, but that the thought process only served to help him justify why he should commit these crimes. As he committed these acts, his heart no longer rebelled as it once did and he was overcome with “hellish exultation and triumph” (Shelley, p. 378). The Monster's main motivation in committing these acts was to make Frankenstein unhappy since earlier in the book he compares himself to Satan in that he becomes bitter and angry seeing his creator so happy while he is so unhappy (Shelley, p. 339). For his first acts of true vengeance against his creator, the Monster rejoiced in this power he had over him, to be able to cause him the pain he thought he deserved...