Frankenstein Essay

In the novel “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley, it tells a story about a man who gets inspired to try and recreate life, but regrets going through with the process. He puts his family and peers in danger as the creature he has made learns more about himself and life. Set in Geneva, Switzerland, the protagonist, Victor Frankenstein creates a monster out of human parts for years on his own in an attempt to do something good, but instead realizes that he made a mistake. When he failed, his isolation was a big part of the path he went through. For one, he was scared to face the monster, and two, he was ignorant toward it because he didn’t want to deal with his mistakes. As someone who is intelligent for a young adult, he made the immature decision

“For this I had deprived myself of rest and health. I had desired it with an ardour that far exceeded moderation; but now that I had finished the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart” (Shelley 35). He had been so consumed with his project and so determined to finish it that afterward, seeing how the creature behaved once he gave it life, he realized that he never really thought about the aftermath of his work. Victor had been solely focused on doing something that no man had done before in science that there wasn’t even a slight thought about what would happen when he would eventually finish it. “Mingled with this horror, I felt the bitterness of disappointment; dreams that had been my food and pleasant rest for so long a space were now become a hell to me; and the change was so rapid, the overthrow so complete!” (Shelley 36). He left in such fear and was even scared to go back to his apartment as he had run into his friend, Henry Clerval who had decided to take care of him in his unfortunate

For example, Victor spent two years on his secret project, gathering his materials and continuing his plan with no stop. He’s so focused on his creation and work that it started to affect him physically and mentally. His skin became frail, his eyes almost stuck out of his sockets and his body has gotten thinner. (Shelley 32-33). Because of his isolation and obsession while laboring, he cut off all social interaction with anyone and everything, studying subject after subject to prepare for his creation, eventually becoming unwell. “I became dizzy with the immensity of the prospect which it illustrated” (Shelley 31). He hadn’t been out for a long time and when he had finished the creature, all that work turned him into an unstable person and one who neglected others and his own