Analysis Of ' Frankenstein ' By Mary Shelley

The desire to belong is natural in most humans. Even though we understand the struggle of belonging, we, as humans still persecute others who are different. This exclusion is, in itself, a form of bullying. In her novel Frankenstein, Mary Shelley exemplifies this phenomenon of human behavior when she shows the maltreatment Frankenstein’s monster receives for his unattractive physical features and how he attempts to communicate with others in order to put an end to his isolation. Despite the monster’s benevolent nature, he is still alienated because he is different. Through the use of the monster and his discrimination, Mary Shelley shows that humans are not that different from the monster in the way we seek others; and those that persecute others are the real monsters.

Isolation is something that everybody experiences at some point in his or her life. There are many different types of alienation and there are many different things that can cause someone to be solitary or lonely. Some people choose to be alone simply because they like to reflect on thoughts and their lives, while some people end up alone even if they don’t want to be. Isolation affects individuals in many different ways and can have many different effects and outcomes on a person, such as depression and loneliness. This is shown in Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” through the monster, Victor Frankenstein, and Robert Walton.

Isolation has a negative effect on Frankenstein by making him fall ill. “But I was in reality very ill; and surely nothing but the unbounded and unremitting attentions of my friend could have restored me to life. The form of the monster on whom I had bestowed existence was forever before my eyes. By very slow degrees, and with frequent relapses that alarmed and grieved my friend, I recovered” (55). With Clerval by his side, Frankenstein recovered

"A Hermit is simply a person to whom society has failed to adjust itself." (Will Cuppy). In the gothic novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley we follow the life of Victor Frankenstein in 18th century Germany. Shelley displays a recurring theme of isolation and how it drives once good people to do terrible things. If civilization does not adjust itself to a creature of any kind they will be forced into isolation and ultimately self destruction.

Victor Frankenstein’s personal accounts of loneliness and isolation show the effects involved with making an impulsive and passionate decision. Frankenstein predicts the loneliness he could experience if he were to create the monster as he observes, “When I am glowing with the enthusiasm of success, there will be none to participate in my joy” (Shelley 13). Frankenstein knows what kind of situation he is putting himself into prior to constructing the monster. He is passionate and carelessly rebellious against his own knowledge and his previous predictions in giving life to the creature. Frankenstein knows there will be “none to participate in [his] joy,” but he acts out of his own passion and desire to be “glowing” which in turn gives him extreme loneliness. This

Isolation is one the roots of the problems and calamities endured by many characters depicted in the beloved and Dr Frankenstein.

Most people in the world spend their lives searching for connections with others. There is a constant need that humans seem to have for interaction and companionship. Being alone makes people miserable, leads them to do things they wouldn't if they had someone to share the burdens of life with. Being alone has never seemed beneficial to society, and being alone too long can push them off the edge. This ideal can be related back to Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Throughout this story, repeatedly seen are the terrible effects that confinement, loneliness and abandonment can have on a person. Mary Shelley conveys the theme that isolation from society can lead to misery through her use of literary devices, such as romanticism, allusion, diction, and point of view.

Isolation plays a major role in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. The central characters of the gothic novel, Robert Walton, Victor Frankenstein, and Frankenstein’s creature, are isolated for the majority of each of their narratives. While Walton and Frankenstein willfully isolated themselves from family and others for exploring uncharted territories and following dreams of grandeur through scientific creation, respectively, the creature is pushed into isolation due to outright rejection from every person he encounters.

In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein she delves into the effects that Isolation and disconnect from society has and how it leads us to lose focus on our goals. Although the monster Frankenstein seems to be the antagonist of the novel the true villain is Isolation. The theme of Isolation quickly becomes very clear early on in the novel through the letters that are written by Walton where he describes his journey through the arctic and his boat being stuck in the ice. Eventually finding Victor on a floating piece of ice alone shows us early on how Victor will end up. It also shows us the monster traversing alone in the arctic alone which also quickly shows us the first comparison between these two characters.Isolation or the rejection from society

Mother Teresa once stated, "The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the feeling of being unloved.” Human beings are programed to function in coalition with others to form bonds and meaningful relationships. When these relationships fail or appear to be absent from a person’s life, the isolation that follows can cause immense pain and suffering. In the grim tale, “Frankenstein”, written by Mary Shelley, the reader sees the developing isolation of Victor Frankenstein and his monster as the story progresses. Both Victor and the creature suffer from isolation both physically and emotionally. The creature and Victor are continuously disgusted by each other, thus keeping their cycle of loss and isolation in constant motion. The feelings of

Victor Frankenstein is the poster child for isolation. He is alone in his world and feels as if reality has departed after he abandon his morals. His mentor Doctor Waldman tried to inform Victor of

Now the final facet to discuss is the tragic outcome of the monstrous isolation Frankenstein and the Monster suffer--their demise. It is a twofold blow of a personal inability to escape isolation’s grasp coupled with zero chance of outside help because of the isolation that sends both inexorably to expiry. The Monster simply wants to, “become an actor in the busy scene where so many admirable qualities were called forth and displayed,” (130) due to the lesson he learns from the cottagers but from which he is totally excluded. So a solitary solution to his troubles is not possible to begin with. Unfortunately, in his life long search for inclusion, he is turned away from first his creator then the rest of his chance encounters with humanity due only to his monstrous form that no one could imagine could contain any human capacity for friendship, which his unnatural birth imbued him with. Even his plea for a second like him is eventually rebuked by Frankenstein, the one man most likely and farthest from helping him. His isolation truly sealed, the Monster is left with no purpose but to dedicate his life to torturing humanity and his creator, which leads Frankenstein to kill himself, leaving him nothing but the solace of death. For Frankenstein, it is not so simple. To begin, it is his guilt, as if for a crime, for being the man to “[turn] loose into the world a depraved wretch, whose delight was in carnage and misery,” (78) that haunts his every waking thought. Frankenstein’s

Esteban San Roman Mrs. Brown English 4: Block 7 4 February 2015 Tragic Loneliness Few stories have managed to remain in the hearts of both the world of literature and filmmaking. Such is the case with Mary Shelley’s, Frankenstein, a novel that tells the story of a monster in search of affection and intimacy. Unable to find love, the monster, along with many other characters like Robert Walton, and Victor Frankenstein resort to a life of loneliness. Undoubtedly, this story offers a fantastic view on how humans are inherently lonesome, yet are constantly in search of appreciation.

He had isolated himself in the hovel once he realized that his scary-looking appearance (8 feet human, with a pale face and yellow-like eyes) had frightened the community. Similarly, Frankenstein isolated himself from his family once in university; however, particularly when being engrossed in his scientific studies, and when creating the ‘Being.’ This leads to Frankenstein’s illness and to the feelings “which made me neglect the scenes around me caused me also to forget those friends who were so many miles absent, and whom I had not seen for so long a

The novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley tells a bizarre and awful tale of an absurd human creating life and the consequences of his experiment. In this novel, there is an abundance of predictable themes; such as sacrifice, forgiveness, revenge and secrecy. There is one theme I see that stands out the most, solitude. Throughout this novel, we see Mary Shelley using Victor Frankenstein, the monster, and Robert Walton to introduce and emphasize a theme of solitude and the effect it has on a person. Mary Shelley’s theme of solitude plays a substantial part in Frankenstein and human nature.