Frankenstein 9

"A grin was on the face of the monster;" pg 145
I have two scenarios for this

ONE
Think about a toddler who has just done something awfully wrong, but then smiles their way out of it. Accurate, right? The Creature is still just a child. It's merely pointing at what it did as a "look daddy" kind of gesture. This is followed by what the Creature probably thinks is a rousing game of tag or hide-and-go-seek (ironic, eh?).

TWO
Think about the most horrifying episode of Criminal Minds. The one where the killer is so delusional and corrupted that they actually get pleasure from watching others' suffer. Still accurate, right? The Creature has lost touch with sanity. The Creature is toying with Victor until it can get him right where it wants him.

But which scenario is correct?I think that's the beauty of the novel. Both narrators (Creature and Victor) are clearly biased to themself, so we can never be sure of either one's motives. Vctor is notoriously wrong about the Creature's emotions or motives, or atleast we assume so. Nothing actually proves that, except for the Creature's melancholy stories, but can we even believe those? Jusat saying, the Creature is pretty smart, and the story did lure Victor in to what could be the Creature's trap.