"But again when I reflected that they had spurned and deserted me, anger returned, a rage of anger, and unable to injure anything human, I turned my fury towards inanimate objects. As night advanced I placed a variety of combustibles about the cottage and after having destroyed every vestige of cultivation in the garden, I waited with forced impatience until the moon had sunk to commence my operations."
This is a very clear example of displacement. In fact, the monster says it himself, that he is unable to injure anything human. Instead, he takes out his anger on inanimate objects. The target for his rage becomes the cottage and he burns it to the ground.
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