Isolation In Frankenstein Humans are one of the most sociable creatures on this planet. We need social interaction to live our daily lives, because without it are we really human? In the book Frankenstein by Mary Shelley we see several examples of people isolating themselves from one another. Through this isolation we see what happens to their character both physically and mentally. Humans are not meant to be alone, we were meant to be with each other and to enjoy one's presence, but if we take away this social interaction what are the true consequences that lie down that path? In Frankenstein we first see evidence of isolation in the first four letters. In letter two Robert Walton is feeling as if he were alone, “I have no friend, Margaret: when I am glowing with the enthusiasm of success, there will be none to participate in my joy” (Shelley 4). Walton wants to share all his findings and successes with people, however he feels as though none of the people on the ship …show more content…
We all have the feeling where, “If for one instant I had thought what might be the hellish intention of my fiendish adversary, I would rather have banished myself forever from my native country, and wandered a friendless outcast over the earth, than have consented to this miserable marriage”(Shelley 178). Though Frankenstein is talking about his marriage in this quote, we can all relate to this. We have all been to the point where being alone and isolated is much better than being with people you hate to be around. Later on in the book we see Frankenstein actually depressed about being alone, “The fallen angel becomes the malignant devil. Yet even the enemy of God and man had friends and associates in his desolation; I am alone.”(Shelley 193). When it all comes down to it humans do not want to be alone, we want someone there to understand us, we want someone there just to simply be