Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is the story of a man named Frankenstein who wants to understand the creation of life. He doesn't fail to understand this and actually applies what he knows to create his own creature. However, the problem is that his creature is nothing like he imagines, he is too physically deformed to be accepted as a good creature. Frankenstein abandons him and the creature takes on a life and mind of its own, but he discovers that no man will ever want to be near him. As the story separates the characters, the two come together and that's when you can compare and contrast them. Therefore, this story that places such opposite beings side by side makes room for the ways in which they can be similar but also accentuates the ways in which their nature influences their differences. Frankenstein has a weak mind for disaster; when the creature comes to life and later kills his friends and family, these disasters compromise his mind. He falls into a "nervous fever" (38) when he first sees his creation, and his shock debilitates his mind. Yet, his friend Clerval “evoked the best feelings” (45) that he had possessed before making his creation, such as mental clarity and inclusion in the human world, not isolated in his mind. Although Frankenstein has "frequent relapses", showing the profound horror he felt upon looking at the deformed creature, he recovers and becomes normal again. However, as soon as the creature takes away his loved ones, Frankenstein's situational mental dysfunction manifests itself and begins to show itself on his body as well: “[Elizabeth] welcomed me with warm affection; yet he had tears in his eyes, as he saw my emaciated body and feverish cheeks... The tranquility I now enjoyed did not last... middle of paper ......ars. But his revenge cannot have the same power as that of the creature, who prepares for an eternal battle between himself and his creator. The creature tries to be human but cannot escape the fact that not only does he look different, but his anger capabilities and mental acuity are very inhuman while Frankenstein is human and thus his mental weakness and great need to understand the physical secrets of the world. keep him away from men. He truly does not desire men as the creature does, and the creature does not desire to understand anything other than men, the two are opposites because Frankenstein is so human and the creature is so inhuman. How they feel is important to compare, but it all comes down to how mentally, physically and emotionally strong these two are, the creature ends up getting the better of everything..