Theme Of Isolation In Frankenstein

This summer reading assignment on Frankenstein by Mary Shelly showed a theme of isolation following two characters Victor the protagonist and the monster he created the antagonist. In the novel Victor Frankenstein leaves his home and family in Geneva to obtain a broader view of what life has to offer he attends the University of Ingolstadt. Leaving his family, friends, and loved forces Victor into a state of loneliness, in the mean-time, he creates this monster. Forcing him and the monster into a state of loneliness. Leading to the theme of tracing Victor’s isolation throughout the novel, as well as the monsters, and also, how the monster isolates Victor in the novel.
In his earlier childhood he had a perfect family, though he wanted to see
His isolation came through people being scared of and not understanding him; no one places themselves around something/somebody who they fear may harm them. The difference between Victor and the monster was Victor isolation from society was chosen while the monster did not. It was forced to be alienated because of its appearance, and it could not help how you look to others. This supports the saying, “beauty is in the eye of the beholder”. The monster’s first experience of isolation comes from Victor Frankenstein, his creator, when he flees after seeing the sight of him. It states in the novel, “unable to endure the aspect of the being had created; I rushed out of the room and continued a long time traversing my bedchamber, unable to compose my mind to sleep.” (Shelley 55). Here the monster is left all alone, like a child without their mother; he had no clue what to think. Thus beginning his lifelong search for companionship and ultimately isolation. One of his next experiences of being isolated is when the monster came in contact with some human villagers and they stoned him. In the text it states, “I had hardly placed my foot within the door, before the children shrieked and one of the women fainted. The whole village was roused; some fled and some attacked me.”(Shelley 101). These actions lead to the monster running away.Though at the beginning of his creation the monster only wanted to be
Victor chose his isolation at first, by moving away from the ones who loved him most and by staying secluded to his laboratory once at the university because he had a choice not to be, as for the monster he was forced to live a life of constant alienation and ridicule because the way he looked. As well as his creator not wanting to create a mate for him resulting into a life of complete solitude, and eventually found rage, thus creating a deeper state of isolation for Victor Frankenstein in the