The Theme Of Loneliness In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

The novel began with a series of letters written by Robert Walton to his sister Margaret Saville. In the first letter, Walton expressed his passion for exploration and had this thirst for knowledge as he desired and was curious to go to a place that never before been visited and to do things that no one has ever done. This idea is very similar to Victor Frankenstein’s fascination with natural philosophy when he goes to Ingolstadt and learns more about natural philosophy that will develop into the exploration of the mysteries of science, creating an animate creature and controlling its life and death. In the second letter, Robert expressed his feelings of loneliness and the need of a companion to share with him his emotions. He needed someone
who could sympathize with him, someone who could understand him and have the same tastes as his own. This idea foreshadows future events when the Victor Frankenstein creates the monster and then abandons him because of his ugly appearance. The monster came to life completely disoriented felt very lonely and miserable because of his hideous gigantic gore appearance thus facing rejection from Victor, his creator, and society.