In Mary Shelley’s novel, Frankenstein, selfishness is a theme most prominent in the piece, and how it plagues and destroys both Frankenstein and everyone around him. Shelley describes the battles of selfishness in humans and how destructive it really can be through the narrator, Frankenstein. Shelley describes the scenes of Frankenstein in his own self-induced exile, his neglect, his loneliness, and his disgust.
In multiple ways is selfishness portrayed through each and every one of the characters in the novel. However, due to Frankenstein being the narrator, we see how directly it affects him and how it’s the driving force in all of his actions and thoughts. In the beginning, while he still nurses his idea of creating another human, he exiles