Human Relationships and Revenge in Frankenstein In Frankenstein, Shelley uses the creature created by Victor Frankenstein to illustrate many themes. Some of the main themes are human relationships and revenge. Shelley shows the human relationships between the creature and Victor and between the creature and society. The creature seeks revenge on Victor for making him so unwanted and for not making him a mate. In Frankenstein, Shelley uses the themes of human relationships and revenge to illustrate the need to be loved by someone. The relationship between Victor and the creature is based on strong hatred and revenge. In the essay Responsible Creativity and the 'Modernity' of Mary Shelley's Prometheus, the critic Harriet Hustis says: "Victor openly acknowledges that the most he can feel towards his creation is a fleeting sense of 'compassion,' but it quickly turns to disgust, horror and hatred after seeing the horrible appearance of his creature" (2). Victor spent a lot of time locked in his room working on his experiment. He has created a monster, but as soon as the creature comes to life Victor is terrified by its appearance and abandons it. Victor Frankenstein exclaims, “How can I describe my emotions in the face of this catastrophe, or how to delineate the wretch who with such infinite pain and care I have labored for him” (42). In Readings on Frankenstein, critic Timothy Madigan explains how Victor Frankenstein falls short of his model. He lacks compassion and moral responsibility by refusing to reveal his experiment to the community around him... mid-paper... there is nothing for him to do but kill the monster himself. Victor is so furious with the creature that he dedicates the rest of his life to hunting down the evil creature before it can destroy more members of his family. Shelley uses the themes of human relationships and revenge to illustrate the need for everyone to have a partner. The creature is so unwanted by society that it despises Victor for creating him so hideous. As a result of the revenge, the creature becomes very evil. All the creature wants is someone to love it, so it doesn't have to be alone. Human relationships and revenge are the main themes of Frankenstein which illustrate Shelley's main point about the need to be loved.