Victor Frankenstein Isolation
In the novel, the perspectives of Victor Frankenstein and his Creature oppose each other. However, despite their differences, their stories seem to parallel each other and as the story progresses they seem to become more similar.
In the story, Frankenstein begins the fabrication of the Creature at the University of Ingolstadt in Ingolstadt. He openly admits isolating himself from friends and family for two years due to his obsession with bringing the creature to life. Victor Frankenstein says, “I pursued nature to her hiding-places...which made me the neglect the scenes around me caused me also to forget those friends...whom I had not seen for long time.” (33). This isolation only seems to get worse when the Creature comes to life and fear …show more content…
While in isolation the Creature observes Delacey’s family and took interest at the fact that “[the family] loved, and sympathized with one another; and their joys depending on each other, were not interrupted by the casualties that took place around them” (94). Yet the innocent and gentle Creature became tortured in society causing hate and scorn to build in his heart. This gave the Creature a feeling that only his “companion must...have the same defects.” (104) in order for him obtain that happiness and acceptance in his life. Throughout the novel, Victor Frankenstein is portrayed as this selfish man who put himself before others. He, on the other hand already harbor those dear to his heart, but he doesn’t realize their importance until he lost them. Frankenstein states, “Thus not the tenderness of friendship, nor the beauty of earth, nor of heaven, could redeem my soul from woe; the very accents of love were ineffectual.” (64) To both Frankenstein and the Creature, obtaining love and companionship brought light into their dark …show more content…
During the 17th century education for children wasn’t that prominent, so during Frankenstein’s younger days he taught himself. His interest in natural science at a young age makes him even more obsessed in "longing to penetrate the secrets of nature" (21). The Creature, just like Victor Frankenstein, in a way acquired knowledge by himself, except the Creature had to learn everything by himself from acknowledging the existence and use of fire to learning how to read. His keen observations in nature, the lessons Felix taught to Safie, and by reading the books left outside allowed him to obtain such intelligence rather quickly. Frankenstein obtained knowledge to play God, and the Creature obtained knowledge in order to communicate with the world, their desire for education and knowledge made them both remarkably intelligent. /add more/
In the novel, Frankenstein, Mary Shelley introduces to us two characters whose stories contrast each other. Victor Frankenstein, an intelligent man, born into a loving family - and the Creature, rejected and lonely from the beginning. Yet, Shelley shows us how two very different perspectives can still be similar in different
In the story, Frankenstein begins the fabrication of the Creature at the University of Ingolstadt in Ingolstadt. He openly admits isolating himself from friends and family for two years due to his obsession with bringing the creature to life. Victor Frankenstein says, “I pursued nature to her hiding-places...which made me the neglect the scenes around me caused me also to forget those friends...whom I had not seen for long time.” (33). This isolation only seems to get worse when the Creature comes to life and fear …show more content…
While in isolation the Creature observes Delacey’s family and took interest at the fact that “[the family] loved, and sympathized with one another; and their joys depending on each other, were not interrupted by the casualties that took place around them” (94). Yet the innocent and gentle Creature became tortured in society causing hate and scorn to build in his heart. This gave the Creature a feeling that only his “companion must...have the same defects.” (104) in order for him obtain that happiness and acceptance in his life. Throughout the novel, Victor Frankenstein is portrayed as this selfish man who put himself before others. He, on the other hand already harbor those dear to his heart, but he doesn’t realize their importance until he lost them. Frankenstein states, “Thus not the tenderness of friendship, nor the beauty of earth, nor of heaven, could redeem my soul from woe; the very accents of love were ineffectual.” (64) To both Frankenstein and the Creature, obtaining love and companionship brought light into their dark …show more content…
During the 17th century education for children wasn’t that prominent, so during Frankenstein’s younger days he taught himself. His interest in natural science at a young age makes him even more obsessed in "longing to penetrate the secrets of nature" (21). The Creature, just like Victor Frankenstein, in a way acquired knowledge by himself, except the Creature had to learn everything by himself from acknowledging the existence and use of fire to learning how to read. His keen observations in nature, the lessons Felix taught to Safie, and by reading the books left outside allowed him to obtain such intelligence rather quickly. Frankenstein obtained knowledge to play God, and the Creature obtained knowledge in order to communicate with the world, their desire for education and knowledge made them both remarkably intelligent. /add more/
In the novel, Frankenstein, Mary Shelley introduces to us two characters whose stories contrast each other. Victor Frankenstein, an intelligent man, born into a loving family - and the Creature, rejected and lonely from the beginning. Yet, Shelley shows us how two very different perspectives can still be similar in different