In this chapter, the author is showing the monster at its
most human. She is showing how the monster has feelings and she is showing how it
aspires to be a good "person." When she does this, she is trying to make us identify
with the monster. She is trying to make us see that it is like us -- it has good
intentions and the same kinds of desires that we human beings
have.
She shows us this by having the monster read from
classic books and by having it try to apply those books to its own life. She is showing
that it is intellectually and morally similar to human
beings.
Here's a long quote showing this sort of
thing:
"I
endeavoured to crush these fears and to fortify myself for the trial which in a few
months I resolved to undergo; and sometimes I allowed my thoughts, unchecked by reason,
to ramble in the fields of Paradise, and dared to fancy amiable and lovely creatures
sympathizing with my feelings and cheering my gloom; their angelic countenances breathed
smiles of consolation. But it was all a dream; no Eve soothed my sorrows nor shared my
thoughts; I was alone. I remembered Adam's supplication to his Creator. But where was
mine? He had abandoned me, and in the bitterness of my heart I cursed
him.
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