Isolation in Dr. Frankenstein

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Isolation

Isolation is one the roots of the problems and calamities endured by many characters depicted in the beloved and Dr Frankenstein.

We see individuals like Sethe forced into slavery, she was abandoned by her mother, who was killed after a failed attempt to run away. She experienced hard times before being sold to sweet home at a tender age. Fast forward down years later, she started her own family with Halle. We see Sethe turn out to be someone who is obsessed with taking care of her children, we know she would do anything for her children, which included killing them to avoid capture by schoolteacher and his goons. The further isolation can be seen when released and rejected by her community, labeled as a murderer she lives in isolation with Denver at 124.

In comparison to Frankenstein, we see Dr Frankenstein who feels superior and feels arrogant and As a young man, Victor's interests were in science, chemistry, interested in studying between life and death.. Victor becomes obsessed with the idea of creating life out of inanimate objects. He abandons his creation shortly after completiion, Frankenstein tries his best to figure how to associate with people, things. But his appearance and size isolates him from everyone else, he is attacked and chased out of civilization to live in the shadows. He eventually goes on revenge, killing the doctors loved one.

His driving force is the desire to conquer death,shortly after his mother's death. But when sees his creature and its ugliness, he runs away from it,away from the monstrosity he has created. From that moment on he secluded himself from life outside of his laboratory. Victor even withdraws from his friends and psychological changes are visible t...

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