Throughout the entire story of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Victor describes the creature as a malicious daemon or wretch. Wherever the creature goes, he is greeted with stares of disgust for his grotesque appearance and people flee in fear of him. At first, the creature wanted nothing more than human connection, but when spurned by his only hope for a family, he turns violent. He is the murderer of Victor’s family and close friends: William, Henry, and Elizabeth. He is also held accountable for the deaths of Justine and Alphonse, Victor’s father. The creature, self-educated, believes that status and family measure life. If one has neither, than one has not lived. After Victor destroys the creature’s companion, the creature snaps, obsessively ruining Victor’s links to the world so he will feel the pain of eternal solitude. Guided through the tale by the biased Victor, the creature appears a merciless murderer who takes pleasure in the pain of others. However, toward the end of the novel, on Walton’s ship, the creature is given a chance to speak for himself to Walton. In the beginning of his speech, the creature blames Victor for the deaths of his family. However, there is a shift in which the creature is consumed with guilt and recognizes that he is responsible for his actions; proving that he has a sense of right and wrong which is the essence of morality. At the end of the novel, the creature recognizes that he was wronged and never had a chance at a normal life, but reveals his capacity for a conscience concerning his actions. Standing over Victor’s body, the creature realizes that he never had a chance of a normal life and begins to blame others for all of the injustices against him and the deaths they caused. The creature shares his feeling of insecurity with Walton, revealing that he does feel guilty about the deaths of Victor’s family, but isn’t totally to blame. Prejudices against him forced the creature to do what he did and the deaths were inevitable. After the creature begs for forgiveness from his dead creator, Walton tells him that his atonement is hopeless now that Victor is dead. The creature launches into his own side of the story, shifting blame to Victor for all he has done. If it weren’t for Victor abandoning him, then the creature would have had human connection. He resents Victor for turning him away and loose on a cruel and judgmental world when all he wanted was a friend. Even after crushing Victor’s world, the creature understands that it did not make him any close to happiness; he still held desires for human connection, “They [desires]