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Isolation In Frankenstein And Rise Of The Planet Of Apes

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e and isolation can easily Throughout the book of Frankenstein, written by Mary Shelley, there are many themes. Similar to Frankenstein, the movie Rise of the Planet of the Apes, directed by Rupert Wyatt and written by Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver, shows similar themes as Frankenstein. Through these examples we see how knowledge may cause trouble to a society, that ambition can lead to obsession and obsession can lead to evil. In addition natural influences earth or in a person or animal can set up a story and become someone's reality and introduce more problems than thought, and finally that isolation and loneliness changes a person in ways that are not commonly understood. I would like to focus on the aspects of isolation or loneliness, and danger of knowledge. Beginning with the theme of isolation. In Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein is so consumed by his work and discoveries that he has not seen any of the people that he loves for a very long time. He realizes that summer is passing and he has still seen no one, apart from letters to and from his father he has not been in contact with others. His father is concerned by this and Victor senses how his father feels and explains that “...the same feelings which made me neglect the scenes around me caused me also to forget those friends who were so many miles absent, and whom I had not seen for so long a time” (Shelley 33). This isolation causes Victor to almost die from longing for the presence of other people. He realizes how this isolation makes him feel and describes it, …show more content…

With a similar concept and storyline, themes like danger of knowledge and isolation can easily be seen. From these themes we learn that too much knowledge can lead to unwanted endings and isolation can happen in many different undesirable

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