Mary Shelley, in her work Frankenstein, shows an example of the outward conformity and inward question possesed by Edna Pontellier in The Awakening in her character, Frankenstein. Frankenstein looks normal in sight of society, and is widely loved and accepted by his family and friends. Although, with this outward conformity in Frankenstein comes an internal conflicts and questions. The tension between the two drive the themes of isolationism and consequence along in the novel.
When Victor Frankenstein begins to recount his life story to Walton, he begins by telling about his childhood. In chapter 1, Victor tells of his highly respected and well-known family, this means that everyone in Frankenstein’s family was most likely “normal” to society.
