It is in Chapter Seventeen that the creature argues for
the creation of another being, like himself, so that he can have company in his position
of being an outcast of humanity. He has discovered through his adventures, and in
particular with the De Lacey family, that he is an outcast in every sense of the word,
unable to joy friendship or love with man, yet at the same time he has been created so
as to desire these things. Therefore, to his mind, it only seems logical that he should
have someone like himself, who will not be scared away by his appearance, who can
satisfy those desires inside of him. This would in turn cause his hatred of mankind and
of his creator to cease as he would be able to have his needs met. Note what he says to
Victor in Chapter Seventeen:
"I swear to you, by the earth which I inhabit
and by you that made me, that with the companion you bestow I will leae the
neighbourhood of man and dwell as it may chance in the most savage of places. My evil
passions will have fled, for I shall meet with
sympathy!"
Sympathy, which is
what the creature has not yet encountered (except for the blind Mr. De Lacey), is what
he feels will act as an antidote to his hatred of humanity and cause him to dispense
with his violence.
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