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Themes of Isolation in Frankenstein

4 Pages 1029 Words November 2014

Isolation is to distance yourself from others. It can be done physically or emotionally. Physical isolation is when people distance themselves from any physical contact from humans. On the other hand emotional isolation is when people shun something emotionally. In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, isolation is approached differently from the characters in Frankenstein. Victor chooses to physically and emotionally isolate himself where as it is forced upon the monster. Walton also chooses to isolate him self. From the beginning of the novel, we learn that Walton is emotionally isolated as he has separated himself from the men on his ship. Walton sees him self to be intellectually superior as his shipmates do not have a "capacious mind  He does not have any friends that share the same dream he has therefore he isolates him self however in the fourth letter to his sister Margaret, Walton states that he is no longer isolated as he has "found a man who, before his spirit had been broken by misery." 
Victor chooses to isolate himself on his quest to reanimate life. He isolates himself to create the monster and again chooses to isolate himself after creating the monster as he cannot face the crimes he has committed. While working on the monster, Victor realises the effects of not keeping contact with friends and family as his mental health had suffered. This made Victor "neglect the scenes  around him causing him for forget his friends and family who were always there for him 
Victor also begins to lose his morals and becomes morally isolated as he "collected bones from charnel houses and disturbed with profane fingers  This shows how he has lost all his morals as he is digging up graves which is an inhumane thing to do. The fact that he digs through and picks out the best body parts he deems fit for his creation shows how he has lost all respect for life due to his isolation and does not believe that he is doing anything wrong. He the...

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