Isolation And Abuse In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Take a moment to envision Frankenstein. Often those who are thinking of Frankenstein may attach him with Halloween or some joke about a monster. However, this was not the intention of Mary Shelley, the writer of Frankenstein. When reading the novel, it can be interpreted in several different ways. At the beginning of the novel, it starts out with Victor (the main character) being a boy with a strong passion for science. He eventually turns into a man at a university that put real bones and flesh together in order to create a life within a monster. However, Victor did not realize that he was creating a child for himself. Victor abandoned his “baby” soon after he came to life. There were a series of unfortunate events the unraveled soon after Victor abandoned the new monster. This passage taken from Frankenstein demonstrates how the theme of isolation and neglect can cause depression, loneliness, and actions within a person that they are not proud of. When someone is feeling alone, they may feel as though nobody cares how they are

This theme was the main occurrence throughout Frankenstien by Mary Shelley. The monster may have been given the name “monster”, however that is not all he stood for. He also stood for bravery and independence. This is a completely different way to look at the novel, but that is the way that Shelley wanted to show this. He was not solely a monster. He was a person and a son. When taking into consideration all of the bad things that the monster did, he also did these things out of love and confusion. Sometimes an individual does not do a very good job of showing it, but they really do love that person with everything that they have inside of