Alienation Theme In Frankenstein

In the work Frankenstein the Modern Prometheus, by Mary Shelley, the creation Dr. Victor Frankenstein creates is alienated and enriched in knowledge from his isolation. From this alienation, the “Creation” brings out the major themes of isolation and seclusion. Mary Shelley uses the creature’s unfortunate upbringing as a way to bring a sense of automatic isolation to the creature in their modern society. In the creatures journey he finds a place to hide and watch the cottagers where he learns to speak, once he finds the courage to show himself to the cottagers he is attacked and isolated from them because of his deformities. This shows how his isolation has alienated him from the main populous in society. The author also shows the reader
While the creature is alienated from society, he starts to learn how his creator left him on his own and becomes bitter over how he is abandoned. Over his abandonment, he is bent on revenge and starts his journey to ruin Victor Frankenstein’s closest people, so he will become as lonely as the creature is. “From you only could I hope for succor… unfeeling, heartless creator!” It all starts over how the creature is alienated over his first breath reborn. It is from that moment that sets the plot for the creature’s revenge on Victor, for being set as an outcast, and Victor’s revenge on the creature for executing those closest to him. Obsession is another prominent theme that is brought forward along with revenge. The creature begins to be obsessed with his revenge to make sure Victor Frankenstein will become as miserable as he is, “If I cannot inspire love, I will inspire fear.” The creature is obsessed with his revenge and promises to use his prowess for not the greater good of the world, but the worst of it because of his alienation and separation from the main population. The creature would not have been obsessed with revenge from the beginning if not for his exile from the beginning. It is because of his exile that he begins to learn and understand his feelings of living, along with giving him his reason to live,