"My heart was fashioned to be susceptible of love and sympathy; and when wrenched by misery to vice and hatred, it did not endure the violence of the change, without torture such as you cannot even imagine." - pg. 164
From the beginning Victor has though that the creature was created with evil intentions. Victor had no idea that's what he was creating, which is why he went through with it. The creature shows through his thoughts, actions, and words that he is inherently good just as the rest of society is. His physical deformities force people's opinions to turn to negativity. The creature began with the intention of finding friendship and being loved; it's the people around him who've condemned and hated him that turned him evil. If Victor would have treated the creature with the respect of a human being, then this whole situation could have very well been avoided. Good work, Frankenstein. All he wanted was to be loved and cared for, but instead he devoted his life to making Victor miserable. Even after that was accomplished, he felt a sense of guilt, which led to his suicide. Clearly this creature was not born evil. His environment and peers forced that role unfairly upon him.
Maybe the creature should have just looked
like this kitten and asked in the adorable voice I hear
in my head right now.
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