Protagonist

"My heart was fashioned to be susceptible of love and sympathy, and when wrenched by misery to vice and hatred, it did not endure the violence of the change without torture such as you cannot imagine." page 208

I believe that this is one of the most important passages in the book. I've been trying to decide if the protagonist is the monster or Victor. This passage finally made me decide the monster. I believe that deep down he is good. However, his hubris is susceptibility to the poison of the violent world into which he was created. He is a gentle and kind creature until humanity exposes him to hate and rejection. He moves the action forward by his demand of a mate and his numerous murders. This makes him sound bad, but this is the influence that the outside world had on him. It was a constant battle between the good and evil inside of him. He mourned every time he murdered and he even mourned his hated creator. That is true humanity.