Before reading the novel, people assume that the created beast is the one who inflicts violence on villagers left and right. He was thrown into the world with no communication skills, no one gave him any rules to follow, he was expected to learn it on his own, or not at all. Victor created him, it was his responsibility to teach him, like a parent teaches their child. Victor is the one responsible for the violence that ensues in this novel, and he knows it too. He created it in the first place, so any acts of violence committed by the creature primarily rest on him. Moreover, he himself inflicted long-term violence on the creature with verbal threats and intended to kill it. Blame is so easily thrown around in this novel, but in the long run the blame is placed on whoever created the creature. Victor, the protagonist, is the man to blame, he knows it, the creature knows it, and the reader knows it. Sometimes novels don't always have an obvious hero, sometimes even a beast can be a hero.