Family Motifs In Frankenstein

Having a family plays a big role on a person because it affects them mentally and physically. Without a family and their love, a person may feel sad, lonely, or even depressed. In the book, Frankenstein many of the main characters were isolated from the affection of their family. That caused them to be affected negatively in many ways. The family motif in Frankenstein symbolizes how the absence of love and affection can negatively impact the characters.

In the book, the monster was a target for loneliness and so it affected him negatively. For example, “Where were my friends . . . distinguished nothing” (86). Because the monster was lonely and did not have a family, such as a father and a mother, that is why he felt that his past life was a “blind vacancy that distinguished nothing” (86). Another example is “You must create a female for me . . . not refuse to concede” (104). Because the monster was really lonely, he desired to have a female

For example, "Every night I was oppressed by a slow fever, and I became nervous . . . been guilty of a crime" (34). The negative effect of isolation being portrayed by Victor was not only psychological but it is physical too. The countless hours that Victor spent creating his monster caused him to become ill, and sleep deprived. This trait of being too obsessive in the process of making the monster caused him to be isolated from all his family and any outside communication. This eventually caused him destruction and will eventually create something that he viewed as hideous, which was the monster. Victor said at the end of the novel to Walton “They are dead . . . preserve my life.” (157). After all his sources of affection died, he felt that there was no reason to live except to take revenge from the monster. In conclusion, because of Victor’s isolation from love, he was affected in really harmful