Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is far from the basic horror movie with a green monster and has a way deeper meaning to it. When the book was written, the word feminism was not yet known by the world but this book, although quite vaguely, relates to it. Even though Victor Frankenstein and his creature are searching for a female companion through the whole novel, they always ultimately sabotage their hard work because of their isolation and alienation. Victor’s pursuit of knowledge and loathing, and the creature’s rejection and his idealisation of a female partner prove this point.
First of all, the isolation Frankenstein imposes to himself ruins all his chances to have a relationship with Elizabeth. Throughout the creation of the creature, he …show more content…
He is rejected by humankind which creates his isolation and alienation. The creature has this image of a female companion as someone who will put an end to his loneliness and make him happy again. He thinks that just like Safie, who “diffused happiness” (Shelley 111) in the cottage by her presence, a female partner will make him feel less alienated. Furthermore, when the creature tries to have a relationship with the cottagers and gets rejected, his emotions are “those of rage and revenge” (Shelley 116) towards Victor, who is his creator. He then starts killing people and kills Frankenstein’s little brother. So, when he asks his creator for a female companion, Victor is scared that the female creature he will conceive will be like the first one and kill others because even though the creature swears to leave humans alone afterwards, “she had not” (Shelley 144). In the end, Frankenstein destroys the other being he is about to give life to by fear. These situations show that the creature puts a lot of importance into a female companion and that the reaction he has towards rejection aggravates his isolation furthermore. So, this leads him to his failure to acquire a female partner although he so desperately wants to “discover the motives and feelings of these lovely creatures” (Shelley
First of all, the isolation Frankenstein imposes to himself ruins all his chances to have a relationship with Elizabeth. Throughout the creation of the creature, he …show more content…
He is rejected by humankind which creates his isolation and alienation. The creature has this image of a female companion as someone who will put an end to his loneliness and make him happy again. He thinks that just like Safie, who “diffused happiness” (Shelley 111) in the cottage by her presence, a female partner will make him feel less alienated. Furthermore, when the creature tries to have a relationship with the cottagers and gets rejected, his emotions are “those of rage and revenge” (Shelley 116) towards Victor, who is his creator. He then starts killing people and kills Frankenstein’s little brother. So, when he asks his creator for a female companion, Victor is scared that the female creature he will conceive will be like the first one and kill others because even though the creature swears to leave humans alone afterwards, “she had not” (Shelley 144). In the end, Frankenstein destroys the other being he is about to give life to by fear. These situations show that the creature puts a lot of importance into a female companion and that the reaction he has towards rejection aggravates his isolation furthermore. So, this leads him to his failure to acquire a female partner although he so desperately wants to “discover the motives and feelings of these lovely creatures” (Shelley