https://padlet.com/tianna_baker/APLIT2ND Does knowledge, ultimately, help or hurt the creature? Use evidence from your reading to explain how the creature is affected by his acquisition of knowledge. en-us 2018-10-03 21:15:29 UTC 2025-11-13 11:07:28 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/250324969/d000b09b3be46924562e2668fa138f06/Frankenstein_s_monster__Boris_Karloff_.jpg https://padlet.com/tianna_baker/APLIT2ND/wish/289104435 2018-10-04 13:04:43 UTC https://padlet.com/tianna_baker/APLIT2ND/wish/289104435 https://padlet.com/tianna_baker/APLIT2ND/wish/289104482 Knowledge ultimately hurts the creature because with knowledge, he has emotion. Which, he cannot control. In the beginning of chapter 12, the monster was explaining that he saw the boy and his companion go off somewhere to weep. Even though he does not understand why they are weeping, he still feels bad for them. ]]> 2018-10-04 13:04:48 UTC https://padlet.com/tianna_baker/APLIT2ND/wish/289104482 https://padlet.com/tianna_baker/APLIT2ND/wish/289104802 Ultimately, knowledge hurts the creature rather that helping the creature because knowledge creates emotion that we sometimes don't know how to deal with. In Frankenstein it says, "Through this work I obtained a cursory knowledge of history and a view of the several empires at present existing in the world;". When he first started reading these books, he did not completely understand them. As he continues to read them he begins to get new emotions. In chapter 13 of Frankenstein, it says “I cannot describe to you the agony that these reflections inflicted upon me; I tried to dispel them, but sorrow only increased with knowledge. Oh, that I had for ever remained in my native wood, nor known nor felt beyond the sensations of hunger, thirst, and heat!" The books gave him the sense of these new feeling that he didn't know what to do with. ]]> 2018-10-04 13:05:27 UTC https://padlet.com/tianna_baker/APLIT2ND/wish/289104802 https://padlet.com/tianna_baker/APLIT2ND/wish/289104851 Knowledge ultimately ends up hurting the creature because in Chapter 16, the book says "Hideous monster! Let me go. My papa is a syndic—he is M. Frankenstein—he will punish you. You dare not keep me." Frankenstein has watched how other people communicate for so long, he knows what everything means and when William says that he his hideous, it hurts his reputation a lot and hurts his feelings because he has the knowledge to understand what is happening and what it means. The monster ends up strangling him and lets his emotions get the best of him. When he learns things, he also learns that he isn't "normal looking" and that he is ugly which in the long run hurts him rather than helps him. ]]> 2018-10-04 13:05:34 UTC https://padlet.com/tianna_baker/APLIT2ND/wish/289104851 https://padlet.com/tianna_baker/APLIT2ND/wish/289104873 In the beginning of chapter 15 he finds some interesting books, he started to read them and tries to understand them, but the more he reads he starts learning new feelings.As he read one of the books he learns that they make him happy but more sad.“I can hardly describe to you the effect of these books. They produced in me an infinity of new images and feelings, that sometimes raised me to ecstasy, but more frequently sunk me into the lowest dejection."More than anything the books bring him down because he can relate to what the writer is saying. Now that he knows how to read, he happeneds to find the notes of Frankenstein and what he wrote about the process in making him. "Everything is related in them which bears reference to my accursed origin; the whole detail of that series of disgusting circumstances which produced it is set in view; the minutest description of my odious and loathsome person is given, in language which painted your own horrors and rendered mine indelible."Frankenstein curses his creator because he saw what Frankenstein thought of him. So with these new readings he has found he has learned more things, things that don't really gain him something good but teach him more of the reality. ]]> 2018-10-04 13:05:37 UTC https://padlet.com/tianna_baker/APLIT2ND/wish/289104873 https://padlet.com/tianna_baker/APLIT2ND/wish/289104924 2018-10-04 13:05:43 UTC https://padlet.com/tianna_baker/APLIT2ND/wish/289104924 https://padlet.com/tianna_baker/APLIT2ND/wish/289105012 Knowledge ultimately hurts the creature. It helps the creature understand why he is abandoned and why is has some of the issues he has now, but in many ways it hurts him. Through knowledge he understands what emotions are and how he feels and he observes everything he comes across him. However he doesn't know how to control these feelings.]]> 2018-10-04 13:05:54 UTC https://padlet.com/tianna_baker/APLIT2ND/wish/289105012 https://padlet.com/tianna_baker/APLIT2ND/wish/289105445 Knowledge ends up hurting the creature because he doesn't know how to control what he feels. ]]> 2018-10-04 13:06:40 UTC https://padlet.com/tianna_baker/APLIT2ND/wish/289105445 https://padlet.com/tianna_baker/APLIT2ND/wish/289105449 Knowledge ultimately hurts the monster, because as he begins to learn about emotions and humans, be starts viewing himself as others do: a monster. When he gains this knowledge, he begins to hate himself, and others, and he can't control his emotions. In the text he says he has a "miserable life" because now he understands why people are horrified by him.]]> 2018-10-04 13:06:41 UTC https://padlet.com/tianna_baker/APLIT2ND/wish/289105449 https://padlet.com/tianna_baker/APLIT2ND/wish/289105483 The creature sees himself as more of a monster after learning more about the kindness and emotions of the people around him. In the text, the monster describes having a "miserable life" (pg. 123) after knowing more about the people around him. The reason he feels left out in a world like this is because knowing more about how the people live, he has become more prone to accepting the way they see him. He is accepting that the people see him as a monster, so he is going to act like a monster.]]> 2018-10-04 13:06:44 UTC https://padlet.com/tianna_baker/APLIT2ND/wish/289105483 https://padlet.com/tianna_baker/APLIT2ND/wish/289105502 Knowledge ends up hurting the creature and we see that in chapter 14-16 because the creature starts to see himself as a monster because all the humans have good things like how nice they are, and emotions and he doesn't really have that. He has these emotions but he can't really control them. We also see him called a "hideous monster" in chapter 16 and sense he knows what they mean now it really hurts his feeling and outlook on himself.]]> 2018-10-04 13:06:45 UTC https://padlet.com/tianna_baker/APLIT2ND/wish/289105502 https://padlet.com/tianna_baker/APLIT2ND/wish/289105581 2018-10-04 13:06:52 UTC https://padlet.com/tianna_baker/APLIT2ND/wish/289105581 https://padlet.com/tianna_baker/APLIT2ND/wish/289105782 Knowledge ultimately hurts Dr. Frankenstein's monster because it causes him to see himself as even more of a monster.  He begins to realize what is good and what is bad and it causes him to hate his own thoughts. He calls his own life "miserable" after learning more about the emotions and natural reactions of humans. This is because the new knowledge is compared to his own actions, and he begins to accept the view the people around him have of him.]]> 2018-10-04 13:07:09 UTC https://padlet.com/tianna_baker/APLIT2ND/wish/289105782 https://padlet.com/tianna_baker/APLIT2ND/wish/289105796 Knowledge ends up hurting the creature as his cu]]> 2018-10-04 13:07:11 UTC https://padlet.com/tianna_baker/APLIT2ND/wish/289105796 https://padlet.com/tianna_baker/APLIT2ND/wish/289105948 The knowledge the monster learns in Frankenstein Chapters 14-16, hurts the image he has of himself. His creator talked of him in his journals and the monster saw how different he was from the world. In the text, the monster describes how he feels, "Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust? God, in pity, made man beautiful and alluring, after his own image; but my form is a filthy type of yours, more horrid even from the very resemblance." After the monster finds out what his creator thinks about him, he begins to get more angry with Victor for making him ugly and a disgrace. ]]> 2018-10-04 13:07:23 UTC https://padlet.com/tianna_baker/APLIT2ND/wish/289105948 https://padlet.com/tianna_baker/APLIT2ND/wish/289105966 In chapters 14-16 of Frankenstein, the knowledge acquired by the creature essentially agonizes him. This is indicated due to the fact that the the more knowledge portrayed to the creature, the more he is aware of his surroundings, who seem to think of the creature as horrific and dreadful. In the passage, the creature states "My person was hideous and my stature gigantic. What did this mean? Who was I? What was I? Whence did I come? What was my destination?" The creature expresses this after acknowledging how he is different and similar to the people, who indisputably discriminate against him, around him. He is completely aware of the fact that according to the humans, he has no place in society with them, hence, he questions his future and existence. ]]> 2018-10-04 13:07:24 UTC https://padlet.com/tianna_baker/APLIT2ND/wish/289105966 https://padlet.com/tianna_baker/APLIT2ND/wish/289106131 2018-10-04 13:07:37 UTC https://padlet.com/tianna_baker/APLIT2ND/wish/289106131 https://padlet.com/tianna_baker/APLIT2ND/wish/289106269 Knowledge ultimately ends up hurting the creature because he can't control his feelings nor the urge to talk to people. In chapter 16 it states "For the first time the feelings of revenge and hatred filled my bosom, and I did not strive to control them, but allowing myself to be borne away by the stream, I bent my mind towards injury and death. When I thought of my friends, of the mild voice of De Lacey, the gentle eyes of Agatha, and the exquisite beauty of the Arabian, these thoughts vanished and a gush of tears somewhat soothed me." here we see that he starts having different emotions and he can't control what he is feeling at the time. He wants revenge but at the same time he wouldn't want to hurt them because he considers them his friends. The only thing he wanted was to feel loved. ]]> 2018-10-04 13:07:52 UTC https://padlet.com/tianna_baker/APLIT2ND/wish/289106269 https://padlet.com/tianna_baker/APLIT2ND/wish/289106277 Knowledge ultimately ends up hurting the monster rather than helping him. This would be because he does not know how to control his emotions, his feelings. In Chapter 16 it says, "For the first time the feelings of revenge and hatred have filled my bosom, and i did not strive to control them but allowing myself to be borne and away by the stream, i bent my mind towards injury and death. When i thought of my friends, of the mild voice of De Lacey, the gentle eyes of Agatha, and the exquisite beauty of the Arabian, these thoughts vanished and a gush of tears somewhat soothed me" This quote shows how it hurt the creature rather than helping him.]]> 2018-10-04 13:07:53 UTC https://padlet.com/tianna_baker/APLIT2ND/wish/289106277 https://padlet.com/tianna_baker/APLIT2ND/wish/289106503 Knowledge ultimately hurts the creature because he doesn't understand the information that he is learning about because of his lack of experience in the world. In chapter 15 he says "Many things I read have surpassed my understanding and experience." The creature is saying that he hasn't experienced enough to know what to make of the things  he read and so he doesn't understand them as well as the humans do.  ]]> 2018-10-04 13:08:14 UTC https://padlet.com/tianna_baker/APLIT2ND/wish/289106503 https://padlet.com/tianna_baker/APLIT2ND/wish/289106820 Knowledge begins hurting the monster because Frankenstein find out about the history of the Delaceys. 
It says in the passage, "For the first time the feelings of revenge and hatred filled my bosom, and I did not strive to control them, but allowing myself to be borne away by the stream, I bent my mind towards injury and death. When I thought of my friends, of the mild voice of De Lacey, the gentle eyes of Agatha, and the exquisite beauty of the Arabian, these thoughts vanished and a gush of tears somewhat soothed me." 
In this quote, it expresses his anger and want for revenge. He begins to go deeper and deeper into his thoughts and feelings as he keeps striving to get revenge.

]]> 2018-10-04 13:08:45 UTC https://padlet.com/tianna_baker/APLIT2ND/wish/289106820 https://padlet.com/tianna_baker/APLIT2ND/wish/289106972 knowledge conclusively hurts the creature because the more information he knows and receives from the people around him it gradually hurts him because the more he understands people the more he knows the truth about himself and he begins to discover new feelings. In chapter 14 he says " I can hardly describe to you the effect of these books... they presented me with new feelings and images...it raised me to ecstasy and sunk me into the lowest dejection." this shows that he really doesn't understand the real meaning of intellect and its complex for him. In chapter 16 he also says, "Hideous Monster! let me go." this shows that he understands what people are saying about him and being portrayed as hideous makes him feel isolated.]]> 2018-10-04 13:08:58 UTC https://padlet.com/tianna_baker/APLIT2ND/wish/289106972 https://padlet.com/tianna_baker/APLIT2ND/wish/289107301 2018-10-04 13:09:31 UTC https://padlet.com/tianna_baker/APLIT2ND/wish/289107301 https://padlet.com/tianna_baker/APLIT2ND/wish/289107445 Knowledge ultimately hurt Frankenstein's creature, because he is overwhelmed by the feelings of guilt and sadness. "'Cursed, cursed creator! Why did I... ...enjoyed the ruin"(chapter 16, p.g. 117). The monster feels guilty because of his reaction, and he feels sadness because of other's reactions to him. ]]> 2018-10-04 13:09:44 UTC https://padlet.com/tianna_baker/APLIT2ND/wish/289107445 https://padlet.com/tianna_baker/APLIT2ND/wish/289108661 The knowledge that has impacted Frankenstein has made him bold in who he is and what he thing he can do. In the passage you see the more education he consumes, the more trouble he gets in. Also, he still doesn't know himself fully he only knows what he has been shown of others.]]> 2018-10-04 13:11:47 UTC https://padlet.com/tianna_baker/APLIT2ND/wish/289108661 https://padlet.com/tianna_baker/APLIT2ND/wish/289110895 Knowledge ultimately hurts the creature because the more he learns, the more he realizes just how miserable and different he is. This knowledge makes the creature feel many different emotions and questions his purpose. He displays this with the quotes from chapter 15 , “I can hardly describe to you the effect of these books. They produced in me an infinity of new images and feelings, that sometimes raised me to ecstasy, but more frequently sunk me into the lowest dejection." , "“As I read, however, I applied much personally to my own feelings and condition." , and "My person was hideous and my stature gigantic. What did this mean? Who was I? What was I? Whence did I come? What was my destination?".]]> 2018-10-04 13:15:29 UTC https://padlet.com/tianna_baker/APLIT2ND/wish/289110895