Frankenstein question

Hey! We can't do your homework for you, sorry! Geez, some nerve!

Wow, if only there were some way to figure this out... Oh, here's a thought: Read the books!

My question is who made the quote? Sorry, I've been away or I'd answered this before. I'm not sure that Dracula would consider himself wretched, he is superior. Frankenstein's monster figured out he was considered wretched and hated his maker for it. But to say that all men hate the wretched is to say that people loathe something so different from themselves, or something tortured either because of grief, guilt, or pride. In my opinion both of these amazing works are political statements. The history of the authors is quite interesting.

Dracula and the creature brought to life by Victor Frankenstein have no similarity whatsoever. One is a vicious predator who can still function in the world. The other is essentially an abandoned child in an adult frame who is driven to rage by his rejection from the world as a whole.

I don't feel sympathy for Frankenstein's creation. Yes he was born of neglect and such but actions make the monster. Eventually someone would have looked past his deformed features. He could have forgiven Victor and not killed those people. Then Victor would have been more inclined to make his mate.

Dracula breeds more empathy from me. Actions make the monster but he has no choice when it comes to killing if he wants to live-- and who doesn't? So Frankenstein's monster is more wretched than Dracula.

I don't feel that either character is really evil. Dracula must feed to live and the creature created by Frankenstein is more a victim of circumstance.

I guess I have some sympathy for Frankenstein's monster. He is like a child in a full grown body with no emotional context to understand his circumstances. He lashes out like a child would when rejected. Unlike a child, he has the power to inflict real damage when angered. I guess you could say it's a novel way of exploring the nature/nurture issue.