Isolation In Frankenstein

Selam Teshome
G. Bryan
Pre-AP English 10
27 January 2023
Frankenstein: The Real Monster
Isolation can cause the deaths of those closest to you. Isolation plays a significant part in the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. There are many important themes within Frankenstein, such as ambition, isolation, and vengeance. The author applies loneliness and isolation as well as the lack of a parental figure to convey the various feelings the Creature and Frankenstein both have throughout the story because of how similar their experiences are. The Creature faces isolation because of Victor's irresponsibility, inevitably making Victor the monster.
Basing all your opinions on a person on their outward appearance only is not a reasonable way to create

The Creature is expressing his feelings towards his Creator, not nurturing them correctly. “Unfeeling, heartless creator! You had endowed me with perception and assigns and then cast me abroad an object for the scorn and horror of mankind. But on you only had l any claim for pity and redress, and from you, I determined to seek that justice which I vainly attempted to gain from any other being wore the human.” (Shelly 84) This quote puts on display how disappointed the Creature is regarding his Creator. He is asking how you could throw me into the world with no knowledge and insight into the world’s reaction towards the Creature. Whether or not Victor did this purposely we don’t know but, him being a human being and being able to understand what humans' reactions would be towards his Creation he should have revealed the truth of how people tend to make people an outcast because of their outward appearance. An example of the importance of a family or people around you is when children start to grow up they have their parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles to help and teach the child about the world and cruel it can be. Most children are able to grow up around people who look very similar to them allowing the child not to feel like an outcast. Unfortunately, the Creature does not get this opportunity because no one looks anything like them. The Creature is questioning why he doesn't have anyone

Victor is the real monster. The Creature and Victor Frankenstein have their flaws; however, the Creature's mistakes are the consequence of Victor's lack of responsibility for the Creature he created. Victor brought the Creature into the world; therefore, every mistake made by the Creature is a consequence of Victor’s irresponsible behavior. Victor knew that by bringing this Creature into the world, he will have to raise him just like a newborn baby. When a new baby is born, one must take responsibility and teach the child the difference between good and bad. “I was benevolent and good; misery made me a fiend” (Shelley 69). The Creature speaks these words to explain how he became aggressive. He makes it apparent that he was not always an awful person; but that his feelings of abandonment, neglect, and loneliness led him to act out. This phrase is significant because it supports the idea that people are typically decent no matter how they look and that external factors greatly affect how a person will act. If Victor acted more like a father towards the Creature, many mistakes the Creature makes could have been prevented. “Am I to be thought the only criminal when all humankind sinned against me?” (Shelley 211). The Creature explains why he is very aggressive and how humanity has failed him. The Creature has been through a lot in his life and has good reason to call himself a victim. Humans around him have done much worse