Theme Of Loneliness In Frankenstein

The Creature’s first driving ambition is to receive love, yet it devolves into a sinister conflict ending with remorse. The Creature admires the De Lacey family, yet never reveals himself. He helps the family by abstaining himself from their food and by gathering firewood. Seeking their companionship, he converses with the blind father of the family. The creature thrills at his first positive human interaction. However, when the rest of the family arrives, they promptly “…dashed me to the ground and struck me violently with a stick” (Shelley, 137). Though he gains the trust of the De Lacey family’s father, ultimately his startling appearance cause his banishment. Even with the Creature’s plea for the father’s defence, he lets the cruel dismissal
When Peg first encounters Edward, she is overcome with pity for his lonely life. She attempts to remedy his plight by adopting him into her own household, without any consultation with her family. Although she has good intentions, Peg evidently has no thoughts of eventual consequences. Similarly, Frankenstein’s initial endeavor while creating the Creature is to erase death, for the benefit of humanity. Later she admits that she was mistaken in her choice to bring Edward to live with them, as he is safer in his solitary castle. Likewise, Frankenstein only realizes his mistake after the deed is done. Peg carelessly endangers her family and town as a result of her blind trust of Edward. As a result of her irresponsibility, she ruins her family’s reputation and causes a rift in among the townspeople. In a similar fashion, Frankenstein ruins his family by causing the demise of its members through the disregard of his creation. The true victim of Peg’s irresponsibility is Edward. She reveals a whole new world to him, in which he finds true happiness. He finds love with Kim and has the Boggs as a loving family. Inadvertently, she causes him more pain by revealing this place to him, for he must suffer the agony of leaving it all behind. Likewise, the Creature has an urge to give and receive love, but no being willing to aid his ambition. As a result of Peg’s lack of foresight, he suffers the consequence of being unable to ever visit the town again. Similarly, the Creature is withheld from society because of his foul appearance, due to Frankenstein’s lack of prudence. He is not ignorant to happiness of friendships any longer, but now must suffer through the pain knowing such pleasures, yet left without them, much like the Creature’s knowledge of the relationships, yet being alone. Thus both characters help explore the theme of irresponsible parental