Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely Analysis

The year was 1999 and the Backstreet Boys had just released their song “Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely” off of their album entitled Millennium. In that song the group explored what it truly meant to be lonely in a heart-felt song that yanked on the heart-strings of everyone in America and even made many Americans feel as if they were lonely. Although Mary Shelley wasn’t in a boy band nor did she create a catchy song, she did however create a novel that explored the life of a mad scientist that conducted experiments with zero boundaries and as a result had to suffer the greatest consequence of loneliness that came as a result of his work. Even though Frankenstein was written almost two hundred years ago Shelly addresses issues that are …show more content…
Frankenstein can truly be dissected into two parts. The first part being what happens if there is no limit to scientific discovery. The second part being the mental and emotional side effects loneliness has on a person especially when it results in being an outcast in society solely based on physical appearance. The first part is clearly seen in the opening chapters of the book. In Chapter one the reader is introduced to a boy by the name of Victor Frankenstein. As the book progresses it is discovered that Victor has a strong knack for scientific discovery and longs to make the ultimate scientific discovery that would in turn lead to great fame and respect. As a boy Frankenstein was extremely fascinated by Cornelius Agrippa and even Paracelsus. These great German philosophers fueled