A couple of thoughts about the Frankenstein (2025). Spoilers ahead, obviously:
The movie makes a point to tell you that the first word the Creature knew for a long time was Victor, because essentially as a newborn, that name meant the world to him. And later he learned more as he "grew older" and wasn't a newborn anymore. But there is another point to it that we see, when the second word he learns is Elizabeth. He learns only the words that are said to him with kindness. When he first heard Victor's name, Victor was full of awe and wonder that the Creature was there and alive. And he was visibly happy that the Creature learned and repeated his name. Same with Elizabeth; she was happy, kind and patient with the Creature. And again the same with the old man; he was kind and patient. It took months, but most of all it took kindness.
And another, separate thought: when the Creature comes to ask for a companion, and Victor rudely, condescendingly says he will never do that: in this scene, just a moment ago, Elizabeth had just said in the clearest way possible that not only will she never love Victor back, but in fact she doesn't even like him. And then comes the creature, asking for companionship, someone to love. To me it seemed that there was something else than just the fear that the "monsters" would somehow procreate. Victor was condescending as all hell when he asked if the Creature wanted to make a home with this other monster. To me it looked like "If I can never have the love I wanted, why should I grant it to you?".
To add to the last point; Victor drinks milk his whole life, symbolizing his greatest fault; he is childish. And as he is childish, he lacks empathy, confuses Elizabeth's compassion for the Creature at first sight as lust, and later denies the Creature of a partner on the grounds of "if I can't have it no one can". Victor is not evil, as in cunning villain evil, he is immature as all hell.