Isolation in Frankenstein In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein book isolation is one of the main themes. The monster and Victor Frankenstein go through great depths of isolation throughout the book. Living alone and experiencing isolation can make any man go crazy. Both the creature and his creator experience isolation mentally, physically, and emotionally. This is created in everyday life in society now. In todays time society is very harsh, and makes many people feel rejected about being themselves. Victor has become extremely paranoid about his creation that he refrains from telling anyone, “… although I loved him with a mixture of affection and reverence that knew no bounds, yet I could never persuade myself to confide to him that event
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Early in the story Victor mother passes away and is one of the closest people to him, he expresses it when she passes from pneumonia. As Victor states early on, “I, who had ever been surrounded by amiable companions, continually engaged in endeavoring to bestow mutual pleasure- I was alone” (Pg.44) .She passes right before Victor goes off to college to leave his family. He delays his trip to the university, because he is in extreme physical pain. When victor arrives at the university his studies keep him up from sun up to sun down. These studies keep him isolated from the outside world for weeks on end and even states he forgets what season it is. Victor says, “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" (Pg.55). As he is creating his creature he gets so obsessed with his experiment that he cuts off all ties with everyone. At the university Victor goes into a deep physical isolation because he is going insane, and no one is there to see the insanity he is going through. Scientist have made history for years. Most of these men dedicated their lives to the work they were doing just like Victor, and probably drove themselves insane. This relates to both parties by being dedicated to their work more than their personal
Early in the story Victor mother passes away and is one of the closest people to him, he expresses it when she passes from pneumonia. As Victor states early on, “I, who had ever been surrounded by amiable companions, continually engaged in endeavoring to bestow mutual pleasure- I was alone” (Pg.44) .She passes right before Victor goes off to college to leave his family. He delays his trip to the university, because he is in extreme physical pain. When victor arrives at the university his studies keep him up from sun up to sun down. These studies keep him isolated from the outside world for weeks on end and even states he forgets what season it is. Victor says, “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" (Pg.55). As he is creating his creature he gets so obsessed with his experiment that he cuts off all ties with everyone. At the university Victor goes into a deep physical isolation because he is going insane, and no one is there to see the insanity he is going through. Scientist have made history for years. Most of these men dedicated their lives to the work they were doing just like Victor, and probably drove themselves insane. This relates to both parties by being dedicated to their work more than their personal