Isolation in Frankenstein “Solitude was my only consolation – deep, dark, deathlike solitude.” In chapters 9 and 10 Victor Frankenstein isolates himself from his family and all the people that reminded him of the monster that he has created. We also see isolation in the creation of Frankenstein’s monster in chapters 11 and 12. Isolation is the state of being separated from other people. Victor Frankenstein and the monster isolated themselves from society, but for different reasons and it has different outcomes. When Frankenstein created the monster his intentions weren’t to create something awful, he just wanted knowledge. His intentions were benevolent, but because of the death of Justine and his brother William he was full of guilt
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The nature gave him some peace and consolation, which is ironic because nature was the cause of his problems, but at the same time it tranquilized him. Even though Victor isolated himself his problems didn’t go away, in one way or another he was going to be reminded of the monster. “Alas, why the man boast of sensibilities superior to those apparent in the brute, it only renders them more necessary beings. If our impulses were confined to hunger, thirst, and desire, we might be nearly free, but now we are moved by every wind that blows and a chance word or scene that the word may convey to us.” If humans didn’t have any other thing than the basic instincts we would be free and Victor would be free from his mind because he won’t be able to have feelings for those who died and he wouldn’t be able to feel guilty. Frankenstein was looking for solitude in the valleys, but at the end of chapter 10 that state of being alone is destroyed by the cause of his sorrows. In chapters 11 and 12 we can see the isolation of the monster from society. Frankenstein’s monster realizes that he is different and that because of this he won’t be accepted by society. The monster finds a village and as soon as he walks in he felt the rejection. “The whole village was roused; some fled, some attacked me, until, grievously bruised by stones and many other missile weapons, I escaped to the other country.” The monster starts living by himself observing a family
The nature gave him some peace and consolation, which is ironic because nature was the cause of his problems, but at the same time it tranquilized him. Even though Victor isolated himself his problems didn’t go away, in one way or another he was going to be reminded of the monster. “Alas, why the man boast of sensibilities superior to those apparent in the brute, it only renders them more necessary beings. If our impulses were confined to hunger, thirst, and desire, we might be nearly free, but now we are moved by every wind that blows and a chance word or scene that the word may convey to us.” If humans didn’t have any other thing than the basic instincts we would be free and Victor would be free from his mind because he won’t be able to have feelings for those who died and he wouldn’t be able to feel guilty. Frankenstein was looking for solitude in the valleys, but at the end of chapter 10 that state of being alone is destroyed by the cause of his sorrows. In chapters 11 and 12 we can see the isolation of the monster from society. Frankenstein’s monster realizes that he is different and that because of this he won’t be accepted by society. The monster finds a village and as soon as he walks in he felt the rejection. “The whole village was roused; some fled, some attacked me, until, grievously bruised by stones and many other missile weapons, I escaped to the other country.” The monster starts living by himself observing a family