#underintelligent

Frankenstein's need for a servant was an expression of his diseased ego, so he created a huge, pathologically strong demented, ugly creature. He censored the beast's activity by making him under-intelligent. He erected institutions flexible enough to keep the giant working, but rigid enough to forestall any growth of his mental faculties. A brain was grudgingly attached to the beast to provide a way for it to act. The act. The beast worked and fought the enemies of his creator. The beast was content to watch the creator flourish. He lived through his creator. And when he finally saw himself as he was, he went mad.