Rousseau & Frankenstein

Rousseau believes that man isn't born evil or corrupt, that over time society has made mankind as a whole, corrupt. He believes that men were originally born good, and that good was indeed their true nature. But then society got in the way. People began to feel the need for some to be seen as "better" as a way of organizing. i am able to draw many connections between ideas in Rousseau to ideas in Frankenstein. When the monster was created, he felt no need to seek power or hurt others. he simply wanted love or at least companionship. but when he goes into society, looking the way he does, he is immediatly attacked. his first interaction with people is a beating. if the monster did not look the way he did, and if society didn't value appearance so much. then the monster would not have been treated that way and could have potentially turned out good.