Topic > The importance of isolation in Victor Shelley...

Mary Shelley also uses the creature to show the theme of isolation. Unlike Victor, the creature does not choose to be isolated. In fact, it is society that isolates the creature due to its terrifying appearance. After trying really hard to find someone who truly loves him, he gives up because he realizes that humans will never accept him. Even his own creator abandons him after he comes back to life. When the creature comes to life Victor says “I had desired it with an ardor that far surpassed moderation; but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream faded, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart. Unable to bear the appearance of the being I had created, I ran out of the room, continued for a long time across my bedroom, unable to bring myself to sleep” (Shelley 48). After abandonment by its creator, the creature is left alone just like a newborn baby in the huge world. Another experience that makes the creature feel isolated is when the villagers throw stones at it to make it go away. The creature explains what happened when “he had just put his foot in the door, before the children screamed and one of the women fainted. The whole village woke up; some fled, others attacked him, until they were severely wounded by stones and many other kinds of thrown weapons” (Shelley 103). Once again he is rejected by humans and runs away into the open countryside. This is it