Frankenstein Alone

Ever been in a situation where you have no ideas on what to do, and your mind just goes blank? This is what happens to Frankenstein's Creature. He is put into the world and the only person that could accept him, runs off in fear. This situation appears in the book Frankenstein; written by Mary Shelley. Because of Frankenstein the creature is forced to live a lonely life. Frankenstein himself runs away from society when he creates the Creature, which causes himself to become alone. Shelley uses imagery, foreshadowing, and point of view to convey the idea that nobody wants to be alone. The first technique we will talk about is imagery, in the book Frankenstein Shelley uses imagery a lot to describe people’s emotions and to describe landscapes. In the middle of the book Frankenstein goes on a walk around Geneva during a storm, as he walks, he says

We can see an example of this when the Creature asks Frankenstein to make him a female monster. He states “I often refused to accompany him, alleging another engagement, that I might remain alone. I now also began to collect the materials necessary for my new creation, and this was to me like torture”(Shelley, pg 147) One of the biggest reasons Frankenstein didn't want to build another monster was because then he would be alone again, because last time he was alone for a long time he became very ill. Frankenstein's point of view was that he never wanted to be lonely again. Another example of how Shelley uses point view is shown when the Creature is observing the human family, he says “where were my friends and relations?”(Shelley, pg 147). The one thing the creature requested was a friend. Because it’s no fun being lonely. Consequently because of his actions Frankenstein is concerned too much of what a second monster could do. Furthermore the Creatures’ goal was only to have a friend, because he is really lonely and nobody wants to be