The Role Of Isolation In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

The most controversial form of isolation was the type of isolation that Victor Frankenstein’s creation had to experience. Although Victor and his creation both experienced the same form of isolation which is physical isolation, the monster was forced to be isolated from birth whether or not it wanted to be. The monster had to live a life of abandonment from the beginning of its life and since then, it faced rejection and neglection from the rest of society mainly due to his haggard looks. Since birth, the monster felt as if something was wrong with him and thus, it severely lowers his self-confidence. This is shown when the monster described its own appearance as, “God, in pity, made man beautiful and alluring, after his own image; but my form is a filthy type of yours, more horrid even from the very resemblance. Satan had his …show more content…
But, even after secretly helping the family in their poverty, he gets rejected. The only man who will actually listen to him, the blind father of the DeLacey family, actually does. This shows how the monster has a heart that is pure and has the qualities of man. If it weren’t for his appearance, it would be accepted by society. However instead, although the creature did not want to, he was forced to live in isolation where nobody would be able to spot him, attack him, or run in freight. The isolation, rejection, and abandonment the creature feel ultimately leads its pure heart to turn cold and dark. He states, “Should I feel kindness towards my enemies? No: from that moment I declared everlasting war against the species, and, more than all, against him who had formed me, and sent me forth to this insupportable misery,” (135). The feeling of abandonment and rejection from society is said to be the main cause as to why the monster became evil and caused it to perform all the disastrous murders in the

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The Role Of Isolation In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein