In the 1818 novel “Frankenstein”, otherwise known as “The Modern Prometheus”, the

author, Mary shelly presents love and acceptance as vital parts of our society, things that we
cannot function without.
In the extract, the creature describes the home of the Delacys, how happy they are and how
desperately he wants to join them. Love is one of the key things he focuses on as one of the
key things he longs for, we see this in the quote “The more I saw them, the greater my heart
yearned to be known and loved by these amiable creatures.” The verb yearned is used
hyperbolically by the creature to show just how desperately he wishes to join the Delaceys;
acceptance is vital to him. The noun heart is also used, in context it is simply used to add
emphasis for his longing, however the use of heart is incredibly interesting. Key to the
character of the creature is the fact that he is a creation - a joining of a series of unrelated
organs and bones, none of which were originally his. His heart not originally belonging to him
is quite ironic as he could be implying that, like his organs, his positive emotions of love and
longing are not really his; this helps to foreshadow later in the novel when the creature
accepts who he is and turns away from his creator, Victor, and society as a whole. This
implicit meaning can only be seen with context found later in the book so this quote is simply
there to create sympathy for the creature within the reader.
Later in the extract the creature says, “I had sagacity enough to understand that the
unnatural hideousness of my person was the chief object of horror with those who had
formerly beheld me.” The creature begins, here, to show a slightly more negative side; one
filled with self-deprecation and negativity. This is vital to the creature's story as his downfall
is partly caused by a rejection of himself. The adjective “horror” supports this point and
helps to further show how much hate the creature feels for himself; love, as said before, is
vital for a functional society, but it is even more key to a functional person. Like the previous
quote, this line foreshadows the creature's descent and clearly hints this to the reader.