- “I, the miserable and the abandoned, am an abortion, to be spurred at, and kicked, and trampled on. Even now my blood boils at the recollection of this injustice.” (p. 196)
At the end of the story, the monsters describes his feelings of being treated with injustice. The monster’s outburst reveals the reason behind the violent acts he has committed - it’s because all of his life he has felt unwanted and had a lack of a support system. The monster relates himself to an object without feelings, as he has never had the chance to interact with others. Shelley compares the monsters life to an abortion, in the sense his creator neglected him and forced him to survive alone - the monster felt like a useless, unwanted creature.
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