summary of chapter 16 OH YEAHH

In chapter 16 we see how human frankenstein's creature is as we see him with human emotions 'could with pleasure have destroyed the cottage', however he exercises self control over his strength as he chooses not to hurt them or destroy the cottage. This shows how he has freewill and has chosen not to hurt them, which again connects him to humankind rather than seperates as it shows how man is free to make his own decision so is he.
Furthermore it shows how deeply attached he has truly become to this family and how deeply hurt he is by their rejection. Furthermore we feel an increased sense of sympathy for him as the climax for him to finally reveal himself to the cottagers is built up through his attachment to them and how he learns how to read and talk through them. Just as the creature is given a small ray of hope through his giving small gestures of help to the family we are also secretly hoping he will be accepted. He has a built a strong connection with them and can relate to Saife as she is an outsider and marginalised in society just as he is and as she learns to speak their language, so does he.
Furthermore there are links to the romantic genre through his love of nature. 'pleasant sunshine...restored me to some degree of tranquillity' This shows how nature is his nurse, and how he finds solace in nature just as victor does. This similarity supports how he has a vast amount in common with his creator, they are both lovers of nature and find solitude and rest in the landscapes around them. They both have a vast amount of intellect and have a hunger for knowledge, which we see when the creature reads Milton's paradise lost and how he learns how to talk and learns of different emotions and how families functions.
We also see how he lets out his anger towards the family in a passive sense when he destroys the cottage by setting fire to it. '...licked it with their forked and destroying tongues' he is in a sense detached from the family as he does not physically destroy the home but the fire does it for him, also the personification of the fire with 'licked' and 'tongues' also supports that it is the fire causing the destruction, not him.
Furthermore it links again to the romantic genre as fire is one of the four elements of nature and he is using a natural form to destroy the cottage. It could also convey how it is his way of showing that he has shut himself off from that family and instead of getting revenge he is letting it out in a passive agressive way.
This contrasts to how he needs to get revenge on Victor and how it is strengthened by his continuous rejection of society. He even kills William when he discovers that he is related to victor and this shows how he truly feels that the blame lies with victor and how he abandoned him when he was created.
The creature is again seen to be more human that a monster as we are conveyed his range and depth of emotions, we see his rage at victor after murdering William and this rapidly softens as he sees the portrait of a woman in William's locket and again rage at society and how he have rejected him. This reminds us of how humans act and how we can at times be flitting between emotions just as Frankenstein's creature is here.