The Minotaur and Perseus in the Myth of Thesis

In reading both of them, i feel a lot of sympathy for the monster. It seemsa, it seems very unfair to them what happens to them. Is that just our modern way of interpreting a story? Or is that element of pity and unfairness there even in the ancient understanding of these myths? I honestly don't know. There might have been some people in antiquity who may have felt some sympathy for the monsters. But ancients could be very modern too, indefinetly in their feelings. Different people may have reacted in different ways to these stories.