Is the monster a evil being?

       The monster's action of killing Victor's brother- Williams and Victor's wife cannot be justified but understandable. When we discuss the character of the monster, we can see evil from his behavior but most of the evil we see is produced by the society instead of burn with. The surroundings and encounters are great important factors in the process of shaping personalities. In my opinion, although the monster is responsible for a serious of atrocities and murders, his nature is not pure evil.
       In the first place, the monster was a gentle and kind creature. When he hided in the cottage, he observed human behavior, collected firewood for the cottagers, read books and he found some of Victor's notes which the monster stolen from his apartment and realized Victor's attitude toward him. He tried hard to fit in the human world, he wished the cottagers would befriend him. He talked with the blind old man, De Lacey first but his son came back unexpectedly and drove him away. In chapter 8, Volume 2 of the book(different edition), after this rejection, he went into the woods. In the woods, the monster saw a young girl running along the precipitous side of river,"when suddenly her foot split, and she fell into the rapid stream", he save that girl but the folks following the girl shot him. "he aimed a gun, which he carried, at my body, and fired". We can see all the violence the monster created was based on pain and prejudices. He swore to revenge the humanity, particularly his creator. He ran into Williams in the wood and killed him with bare hands because of hatred after he knew William was Victor's brother.
       When he was facing Victor, the monster asked Victor to make a female mate for him to help his solitude and he will not hurt anyone anymore. He would hide in the jungle of South America with the female monster and have no contract with human society. In my eyes, it is not a excessive, unreasonable demand and it is a chance to pacify the monster and protect other people from it. But Victor thought about the possible consequences his work may lead to. In Volume 3, chapter 3 of the book, he worried about what if the two creatures have children, "and a race of devils would be propagated upon the earth" ? The monster was enraged at Victor for breaking his promise, he made an oath that he would come back to Victor at his wedding night. In that night, the monster did not kill Victor but instead of it, he killed Elisabeth, Victor's wife, for Victor destroyed his wife, his chance to escape loneliness.
       In summary,although the guilt the monster did is cruel, even unforgivable, that his behavior cannot be justified because rage, hatred and revenge cannot be reasons to kill, his action is understandable. Both the monster and his creator's lives went to tragedy after the monster was burn, Victor lost his brother, friend and lover and use his life to hunt the monster. But in the other hand, the monster would live in pain and prejudice for the rest of his life. The society and its judgement turned the gentle-burn creature into a murder, a real monster.