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This quote it after she has murdered Alec, after Angel as re-accepted her. She is so ecstatic for that that she forgets the harm he had done to her.

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"Tess' Heart quivered- he was touching her in her weak place. He had divined her chief anxiety" pg 282

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"For was it not the face of the one man on earth who had loved her purely and who had believed in her as pure?" pg 312

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Tess feels like she has ruined his life and does not feel worthy of her own because of constantly having been made to feel insignificant; she threatens her life, a “monster” to herself

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When Angel accepts her, she is so overwhelmed by her desire for love that she becomes a “monster,” murdering Alec without any qualms. Unlike with the creature or Frankenstein, Tess' "monstrosities" are not done out of revenge from her trauma but purely out of her desperate need for acceptance, heightened by her trauma

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Tess wants to feel any inkling of love she can, in this case that's feeling like she is getting help for her siblings, even if it’s from her rapist

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Tess is so deeply in love with him because she craves acceptance and love so much. She almost treats him like a god.

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She is made to feel insignificant from the very beginning especially once she is raped by Alec

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Tess kills Alec with no qualms and is ready to accept her fate
"To tell you that I have killed him!' a pitiful smile lit her face as she spoke" pg 310

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"How she valued her own life had been proven; but his- she had no right to tamper with it" pg 200

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Angel convinces Tess to marry him and makes her finally feel accepted, then rejects her for something that is not even her fault, when she forgave him for something worse.
"Forgive me as you are forgiven! I forgive you, Angel!" pg 183

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Tess’s family force her to go to Alec
"every day seemed to throw upon her young shoulders more of the family burdens, and that Tess should be the representative of the Durbyfields at the d'Urberville mansion came as a thing of course"

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Heathcliff is cruel traumatizes young Linton and is cruel to wife Isabella as well as Hareton and young Cathy- He has a plot to inherit Edgar's money through their children's marriage as revenge for Catherine choosing Edgar. Throughout all of that, he is haunted by Catherines ghost- the ghost of his lost love, who died hating him, reminding him of his childhood trauma. Similar to Frankenstein’s creature, Heathcliff has been rejected for his appearance. However, unlike Frankenstein’s creature, his actions are purely vengeful. The creature, though he cares to an extent about revenge, will be satiated with a partner. Heathcliff does try to win Catharine back, but his cruelty is more to make others suffer, and would likely still be cruel to Linton even if he somehow ended up with Catharine. He is cruel to everyone, like Hareton, not just those who hurt him.

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Tess Durbeyfield, having been raped as a young girl, becomes addicted to the love she feels from Angel; when he rejects her because of her trauma, she loses track of her morals.

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"She has disturbed me, day and night, through eighteen years - incessantly- remorsefully - till yesternight" pg 211

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Overhearing this further solidifies his childhood trauma of rejection for something he can't help- his status. He becomes angry that he is robbed of Catherine because of that

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When he finds love in Catherine, even she rejects him for his status "It would degrade me to marry Heathcliff, now; so he shall never know how I love him" pg 59

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Heathcliff has to search for love from the beginning of his life, especially once his adopted father dies. John treats him like an animal when he sends him to work outside. Heathcliff's childhood is very traumatic

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Bullying from a young age from John
"[John] insisted that [Heathcliff] should labour out of doors, instead" pg 33

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In Wuthering Heights, Heathcliff faces resentment from his “siblings” from the beginning of  his life; this sense of other, of insignificance, drives him to be cruel to others in his life.

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Sees that violence is leverage to make Victor build him a female -- to be loved. Ultimately, he does want revenge on mankind, but will be satiated by having a companion

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The creature accidentally murders Victor’s brother
"My evil passions will have fled, for I shall meet with sympathy" pg 107

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Excellent thesis.

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He starts to ponder why bother doing good, and is becoming angry that people refuse to see his goodness

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Yet more rejection from trying to save peoples lives
"Then this was the reward of my benevolence!...the feelings of kindness and gentleness, which I had entertained but a few moments before, gave place to hellish rage and gnashing of teeth. Inflamed by pain, I vowed eternal hatred and vengeance to all mankind" pg 101

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He just wants to be loved, something he learns about from that family- and that is a human characteristic. He begins to see himself as a monster when they do because they are the epitome of goodness to him. the books he read also teaches him about monsters.

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He experiences continued rejection from the family in the woods, solely based off appearance
"Who can describe their horror and consternation on beholding me?" pg 96

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He began his life with the traumatic experience of his own creator turning his back, and that causes him to seek love even more than normal

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The creature's first life experience is rejection "... breathless horror and disgust filled my heart. Unable to endure the aspect of the being I had created, I rushed out of the room" pg 35

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Though Frankenstein’s creature is often perceived as an inhumane “monster,” ironically, the creature’s human desire for love is the very thing that turns him into a “monster”

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By reading about the creature in Frankenstein Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights, and Tess Durbeyfield in Tess of the d’Urbervilles, one can have empathy for those who seem to be “monsters” by understanding their perspective: they are often acting in response to trauma according to that fundamental human desire for love and fear of insignificance that we all share.