Alienation And Isolation In Frankenstein

The use of Paradise Lost, in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, allows for a complex development of the Creation’s understanding of his place in the unknown world. The Creation identifies, originally, with Adam as the view of himself as his master’s beloved creation, which alludes to the book of Genesis in the Bible. Through Paradise Lost, the Creation identifies more with Satan in the sense that he was cast away from his creator.

In the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Victor Frankenstein puts the monster in a predicament that victimizes the monster. Victor creates the monster to be an “ugly wretch”(Shelley 141) therefore causing the monster grief for his entire life. The monster experiences severe loneliness for being an outcast. The monster is the greatest victim in this novel because of his creation, his loneliness, and everyone’s general fear or lack of concern for him.

The consequences of isolation can be both physical and emotional. For the characters in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, isolation does both in varying degrees.Through Victor’s self-destructive path for knowledge and revenge, the creature’s descent from curiosity and benevolence to misery and revenge, and Walton’s journey to the Arctic, Mary Shelley explores the theme of isolation in that whether it is intentional or not, isolation only leads to negative consequences.

While Mary Shelley’s best seller, Frankenstein may address many biblical allusions in the portrayal of its theme, the work contains a Christ figure which adds dimension and meaning to the story as a whole. Many aspects of this character tie into the biblical references throughout the story to create a cohesive theme. Overall, the novel is about loss of innocence, corruption, and death. By drawing parallels between the creation story, Satan’s fall from Heaven, Jesus’s forty days in the desert, the crucifixion and the resurrection, Mary Shelley creates representations for corruption, death, and pain. Quotes, characters, settings, and events all contributed to the mood, tone, and theme, and these factors work together to outline the frame for Victor Frankenstein, the Christ figure of the novel. Victor’s family and friends strongly resemble those of Jesus; the concept of the holy trinity can be drawn from events throughout the book, and the timeline of Jesus’s life is frequently alluded to. Overall, these parts of the novel complete the theme through the creation of a Christ figure and make the vision of this story applicable to life in the real world.

Mary Shelley’s view of human connections is portrayed through the monster’s actions. The monster is abandoned by his creator and isolated from the rest of society due to his appearance. The

In the gothic novel Frankenstein, Mary Shelley weaves an intricate web of allusions through her characters’ expedient desires for knowledge. Both the actions of Frankenstein, as well as his monster allude to John Milton’s Paradise Lost. Book eight of Milton’s story relates the tale of Satan’s temptation and Eve’s fateful hunger for knowledge. The infamous Fall of Adam and Eve introduced the knowledge of good and evil into a previously pristine world. With one swift motion sin was birthed, and the perfection of the earth was swept away, leaving pain and malevolence in its wake. The troubles of Victor Frankenstein begin with his quest for knowledge, and end where all end: death. The characters in Frankenstein are a conglomeration of those

The allusion to Dante implies that, based on appearance alone, the monster is more evil than Hell itself. Victor took no time in getting to understand the monster or develop the familial bond between them, which leaves Victor with a narrow, biased opinion on the monster. Shelley uses Victor’s hasty judgment of the monster in order to demonstrate the irrationality of Victor’s actions regarding the creature. This also discounts Victor’s opinions of the monster, forcing Shelley’s audience to judge the monster based on their own inferences, rather than Victor’s. Through Victor’s actions and his faulty reasoning behind them, Shelley is able to shift the responsibility for the monster’s character from it being instilled in him from birth, to Victor’s failings as a parent and creator.

At first, Victor and the monster are both admirable characters in their own way; nevertheless, both characters make a transition to become negative individuals. In the beginning, Victor can be seen to work hard, and is very intelligent. This brain-power could have been used to drastically impact the world of science, but, since Victor abandoned his masterpiece, it did the exact opposite, bringing harm upon those who roam the world. Because Victor made such a quick decision and left, his character was changed dramatically. Likewise, the monster is, at first, seen to be a being of peace, despite all the wrong humans have done to him. His consistent helping and admiration of humans makes the reader think he will always be a peaceful being. He could have used his kind actions to help the world, and even help the cottagers poverty; however, he quickly vows to destroy all humans. Thanks to Mary Shelley, the reader can learn that one should ponder on later actions instead of simply following their first, natural

In the gothic novel Frankenstein, Mary Shelley weaves an intricate web of allusions through her characters’ expedient desires for knowledge. Both the actions of Frankenstein, as well as his monster allude to John Milton’s Paradise Lost. Book eight of Milton’s story relates the tale of Satan’s temptation and Eve’s fateful hunger for knowledge. The infamous Fall of Adam and Eve introduced the knowledge of good and evil into a previously pristine world.

In today's world everyone is in someway “lonely”, people are so into their own world that they sometimes forget about everything going on around them. In Mary Shelly’s novel Frankenstein; a creature comes to learn just how “lonely” someone could be and what it can drive people or even creatures to do. Victor Frankenstein is the protagonist in this novel: he is the essential thing that causes the creature to lash out.

Throughout the course of the novel, Shelley isolated Frankenstein countless times to develop his character. Isolation is the process “to be or remain alone or apart from others.” Due to seclusion, Frankenstein not only became socially isolated, but also quite lonely. The first moment we see Frankenstein being isolated is when he is engrossed in reading the past alchemists’ books, and wondering about the universe and the human mind; this small remoteness begins before he travels to Ingolstadt for university. This seclusion does not depress him, neither does it make him socially inept, it simply a start push to the journey. The second time Shelley detaches Frankenstein from society is when he is sent to university and is engrossed in his scientific

In the novel Frankenstein, Mary Shelley creates a “mad scientist” named Victor Frankenstein. Victor Frankenstein’s character introduces the creation of another human being. He soon becomes horrified with his creation and wants nothing to do with it. As a result, creature is left alone. The creature wants love and to be loved, but after being rejected by society, he soon becomes a menace.

<br>Mary Shelley portrays the monster as being the new Adam, as he is the first being of a new species. Due to his fresh outlook on life, the monster is characterised by benevolence and innocence, as well as an unbiased perspective. However, as the monster learns more about man, he discovers that there are many injustices in today 's society, and realises that his looks which filled Victor with ‘breathless horror and disgust ' (page 56) will never be accepted. The reader feels sympathetic towards the monster when he is rejected numerous times by society. He is rejected by Victor, the angry villagers, the De Lacey family and the father of the girl who he saved from drowning, before he fully understands that he will not be accepted. It is then that the monster decides to get revenge on his creator. He states that ‘I am malicious

Alienation and isolation have been apparent in society since the beginning of man. When an individual stumbles outside the realm of social normality they are viewed as degradation to society or a threat to normal society.(“Truthmove” 2012) In the gothic tale of Frankenstein, Mary Shelley frequently displays the many different forms of alienation. Victor Frankenstein and his creation were two of the characters in this book that went through alienation and isolation.

Prominent authors have different ways in making their works distinguished. Some had influenced different authors with their style and themes which may show their presence in those authors’ work. One of the remarkable authors of English literature, John Milton, was known for his epic poem, Paradise Lost. This epic poem with Satan as the protagonist, has influenced various works of Literature, one of which is Frankenstein, a novel written by Mary Shelley. With the guidance of Mary Shelley’s husband, Percy Shelley who was greatly influenced by Milton, a Miltonic element was somehow evident in her novel. Mary Shelley was able to write a work with a series of complex parallels to John Milton’s Paradise Lost.