Examples Of Mental Illness In Frankenstein

In the novel Frankenstein, written by Mary Shelly, the main character, Victor Frankenstein, creates a monster. Victor’s motivation of creating the monster was right after his mother died from scarlet fever. While he was creating the monster he has developed physiological illnesses. The illnesses that Victor shows are obsessive- compulsive disorder (OCD), anxiety, and insomnia.

In the story Victor shows a mental disorder called obsessive- compulsive disorder . Victor is diagnosed with ocd when he organizes his equipment. One of the symptoms of the ill “Ordering and arranging to reduce discomfort” (Gorrindo 1). “But forgot that I am moralizing in the most interesting part” (Shelly 77). In the book we see that Victor Frankenstein has …show more content…
Anxiety is a mental illness that a lot of people have when they are stressed or feel guilt when they did something. Guilt is one of the most known to create anxiety “Above and beyond guilt that always weight in his mind” (Brinkerhoff 98). Victor feels quilt in the book ‘“william is dead! That sweet child, whose smiles delighted warm heats”’( Shelly 109). Victor is experiencing anxiety because his brother was murdered by the monster and is feeling guilty on his death of creating the monster. Second, anxiety is created by been tired and some other physical and mental symptoms. “Feeling weak or tired, trouble concentrating or thinking about anything other than the present” (Folk 1). Victor knows that he has anxiety “With an anxiety that almost amounted to agony, I collected the instruments of life around me” ( Shelly 79). Victor has anxiety when he was sick and was trembling and non controlling sweating. The last way that victor has a mental illness of anxiety in the story. “ Sweating and trembling” (Folk 1). “This commencement of a nervous fever, which confined me for several months” (Shelly 89). While victor was finally sleeping and Henry was helping he was sweating and