Rejection In Frankenstein

In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the monster’s creation brings him into the world in isolation and rejection, causing him to experience a lack of understanding of society and acceptance from Victor and others he attempts to connect with, through which Shelley implies the importance of nurture in one’s development. Shelley depicts the monster as rejected and isolated from the very first moments of its life. After laboring for months over his project of creating the monster, Victor Frankenstein brings it to life only to feel terrified at its appearance. As soon as he brings it to life, Victor leaves it alone and runs to another room in fear, and then runs away from it again when he awakes. The first reaction Victor has towards his creation is one of horror, and this is something that makes an impression on the monster’s life from the very beginning. Rather than caring for his creation as he had intended, Victor immediately abandons it in horror, causing the monster to spend his first moments of life alone and unsupported. Victor’s rejection of his monster shapes not only its …show more content…
When Victor is found by the monster on the mountain and listens to the monster tell his story, the monster talks about the confusion his creation caused him to feel. As soon as he is created and subsequently isolated he has to navigate basic human experiences such as hunger, light, cold, and darkness alone. He learns of poverty, family, language, and history by observing a family in a hut. He must do so alone and in secret, after his appearance made everyone in the town and the village run away from him in fear, just as Victor had. The monster is left in isolation but still has to learn to survive in the world, without a nurturing force to do so. This warped process of learning societal norms and human experiences affects the monster in his