Example Of Idealism In Frankenstein

In the story Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, she conveys a number of themes throughout the story through Victor Frankensteins and other character’s actions. The themes displayed by Mary Shelley are Isolation and Idealism which caused eventually everyone’s downfall.

Isolation is the true evil in Frankenstein. More than revenge, the monster wanted a companion to heal his pain of being alone and rejected. "Every night I was oppressed by a slow fever, and I became nervous to a most painful degree; the fall of a leaf startled me, and I shunned my fellow creatures as if I had been guilty of a crime."(Shelley 57) The isolation illustrated by Victor and the amount of time he took creating the monster caused him to become ill but also destructive because Victor creating the monster ruined his life. "Increase of knowledge only discovered to me more clearly what a wretched outcast I was. I cherished …show more content…
“My firmest hopes of future happiness were placed on the prospect of your union. This expectation will now be the consolation of your father.” (Shelley 40) Victor’s Mother states that she planned a lifestyle that would make her happy and be able to see Victor and Elizabeth getting married but she ended up dying. By depending on your ideals you are setting yourself up for failure. Victor caused his downfall “How can I describe my emotions at this catastrophe, or how delineate the wretch whom with such in nite pains and care I had endeavoured to form?“(Shelley 58) Victor created the monster in which he could of prevented, Victor could of also prevented the deaths of Justine, William, Henry, and Elizabeth if he had cared for the monster with a “mother’s love” and could of taught him from right from wrong but left him because he was blinded by Idealism. Mary Shelley shares the importance of idealism by showing how Victor was so blinded to the negative effects of creating the monster and only looked at the good