This philosophical analysis focuses on the main character of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, the Monster, and how his crime of killing a young boy and framing an innocent bystander is explained through the arguments made by Mengzi regarding evil natures. This parallel will be made by showing the Monster's progression from good to evil nature and how his motivation to ruin his creator's life has tainted his fundamental heart. I will first briefly address the action depicted in Frankenstein and then discuss how Mengzi's ideas explain the change in the Monster's nature. The Evil Action Explained The main plot of Frankenstein involves the lives of two main characters, Victor Frankenstein and the Monster. Their relationship is tumultuous, mainly due to the fact that Frankenstein created the Monster with the desire to be some sort of god and to be able to play with the balance of life and death. Subsequently, he comes to deeply regret his action and abandons the Monster by throwing him into the world without any education or guidance. Because of this, throughout the book, the Monster harbors resentment towards Frankenstein and dedicates his life to making Frankenstein a living hell. Among the many horrible things the Monster has done to achieve this goal, the main evil deed I will focus on is the murder of William, Frankenstein's younger brother and framing his nanny for the murder. After being continually rejected not only by his creator, but countless other humans based solely on his gruesome appearance, the Monster decides to take revenge on humanity and especially on Frankenstein for giving birth to a hideous creature like him. After deciding this, the Monster decides to go to her hometown and I… middle of paper… her beauty but he knew she would reject him like everyone else did so he continued to set her up anyway. This shows that it was not lack of reflection that caused the Monster to commit this evil act, but the process of reflection only served to help him justify why he should carry out the crimes. As he committed the acts, his heart no longer rebelled as it once did and was overcome with “exultation and infernal triumph” (Shelley, p. 378). The Monster's main motivation in committing these acts was to make Frankenstein unhappy as in the beginning of the book he compares himself to Satan in that he becomes bitter and angry at seeing his creator so happy when he is so unhappy (Shelley, pg. 339). As the first acts of real revenge against his creator, the Monster rejoiced in this power he had over him, in being able to cause him the pain he thought he deserved..