A Monster? O Rly?

After watching The Bride of Frankenstein and Young Frankenstein, I have come to a conclusion. THE MONSTER ISN'T A MONSTER! After watching both movies, I was disgusted by the human behavior that I saw! People were running away franticly from the "monster", and he wasn't even being threatening. For example, in Bride of Frankenstein, the "monster" sees a young girl playing near a stream. She falls in, and the monster courageously jumps into the river and saves the girl, who would have drowned if not for the "monster's” help. Upon seeing her savior, she screams in terror. Her father shows up and shoots the "monster" in the arm, and the monster runs into the forest to escape harm. What is with these people? This monster is saving people and trying to learn and mingle with society, but every runs away from him, even when he helps people? I understand the innate fear of the malformed, but he isnt even that scary. He's 7 ft tall and he's dead, but he can speak, and he likes flowers and violin music. That doesn't seem frightening to me. I know he's not some demonic entity because he encounters a blind man who gladly takes him in, teaching him to speak, giving him food, and showing him the wonder of smoking. The two have a wonderful time together, and the "monster" seems completely human. The fun is ruined by two "normal people", who upon seeing the "monster" with their father, light their own house on fire in hopes of destroying the creature. I am appalled by this lack of kindness and acceptance. I am ashamed of the people in the movie, even if they are actors. I wonder how we would act today, if some creature showed up at my door. I hope I would not scream in terror, but I don't know how I would innately act.