True or False: This excerpt shows that the creature goes from someone who wants to be part of a society to someone who realizes that he can never belong.

Question

True or False: This excerpt shows that the creature goes from someone who wants to be part of a society to someone who realizes that he can never belong.

"But it is true that I am a wretch. I have murdered the lovely and the helpless; I have strangled the innocent as they slept and grasped to death his throat who never injured me or any other living thing. I have devoted my creator, the select specimen of all that is worthy of love and admiration among men, to misery; I have pursued him even to that irremediable ruin…I…long for the moment when [these hands] will meet my eyes, when [that imagination] will haunt my thoughts, no more."

Answer 1

True. This excerpt shows that the creature has realized the extent of his actions and the consequences they have had on his relationship with society. He acknowledges that he is a "wretch" and has committed terrible acts, including murder. He also expresses regret for the misery he has caused his creator and longs for a release from the guilt and torment that his actions have brought upon him. This realization indicates that the creature no longer wants to be part of society as he recognizes that he can never truly belong or be accepted.