The Imagination Of The Monster In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Victor Frankenstein often leaves his anxiety filled life to escape to the Alps or nature to release himself from his sickness and enslaving life. Frankenstein has very few friends that the only person he may have is Clerval; however, if he does talk to him it is purely science related.. After the scientist finds himself in his birthplace because of the strange death of his little brother, alienation is seen in his journey where he created the monster six years before. Victor says, "No one can conceive the anguish I suffered during the remainder of the night, which I spent, cold and wet, in the open air. But I did not feel the inconvenience of the weather; my imagination was busy in scenes of evil and despair” (Shelley 74). On his venture back

home during a grisly and gruesome storm, a symbol is shown and everything changes. The dreary, dark night relates to Foster's prior statements about rain, but it ultimately explains Victor's situation of him reflecting on his past and previous choices that he has made.

Being shunned out by the great city with gates because of the time of day, and rejected out of his college because of rough family matters left him in a middle stage between household and being able to sustain and save himself. When the monster contacts Victor about wanting a companion, the delirious scientist states,"I felt as if I were placed under a ban-as if I had no right to claim their sympathies-as if never more might I enjoy companionship with them” (Shelley 142). Victor, feeling trapped and concealed with his job, becomes isolated by his very own psychotic mind. Frankenstein is so consciences and shameful of sharing secrets and information with others that he keeps everything to himself which makes him become delusional. Because of Victor's new task, he must also separate himself from everyone else to complete a lady creature before his life is ruined by the first creature that he created. In the end, Frankenstein's disconnection and desolation between his friends, family and society, as well as his mad and maniacal character consumes him, and he is faced with

death. Not only does Victor Frankenstein portrayed isolation so keenly, but Dorian Gray exemplifies alienation as well.
Dorian is always troubled into ghostly consequences, including aging and alienation, which forces him him into a deep, dark pit of paranoia. Mr. Gray is alike Victor in this way because Dorian feels isolation when he becomes selfish, and the refusal of a traditional speech as said by Lord Henry. Henry’s care is for the spectacle of Dorian’s marriage, whether happy or not. He is making a show of Dorian's Life. Dorian says, “I knew that I had come face to face with someone whose mere personality was so fascinating that, if I allowed it to do so, it would absorb my whole nature, my whole soul, my very art itself” (Wilde 7). This quote illuminates how Dorian becomes so occupied with his friends that it eventually turns harmful because he is too easily influenced by them. Their severe and strident leverage turns against Dorian and he is left with only one option, which is to listen to the voices that tell him how to live his life. Sadly, Dorian’s happiness is mocked and undermined by Henry, but it is impossible to tell Henry off, because he doesn’t believe in morality in the same way as the other characters. After the shocking and shameless death of Basil, Dorian becomes isolated from his once friends, but also from dealing with his problems. Instead of handling it himself, he decides to blackmail and becker Allen into destroying the body using chemistry to do so. He is taught the perfect morals of beauty and youth that should be used in everyday life, however, his narcissistic behavior leads to his seclusiveness and solitude. Dorian Gray changes from a calm, yet accessible person, to an evil and controlling character which makes him become detached from the ones he used to be in contact with. His youth is the most important thing he possesses, for it raises him higher, leading to his loneliness because he does not value himself (Wilde 16). Dorian Gray has two split identities which are; his public self and his private self. He goes into isolation as his private self and even sometimes, he mixes the two which makes him easily influenced while separated from his friends. However, The portrait is a literal visualization of Dorian's private self and the state of his soul, while Dorian himself looks perpetually young, beautiful, and innocent. This paradox forces Mr. Gray into a delusional state which causes him to kill his friends and harm others.
In the two fascinating stories, Dorian and Victor share many qualities that make them similar, but both authors express their ways differently. The interesting novels also portray how Victor and Dorian express their means of isolation and whether it be from friends, family, or the work that shapes their lives, both characters somehow become detached. For instance, Mary Shelley reveals how Frankenstein uses nature to cleanse his soul from the sickness that he possesses, as well as to get away from his studies that occupy his whole life. On the other hand, Oscar Wilde speaks of how Dorian is always agitated into eerie consequences including aging and alienation, which forces him into a rooted, murky abyss of paranoia. Also, Dorian Gray sells his youth with heavily influence from Henry while on the other side of the coin, Victor goes against the laws of nature and is too disconnected from society to realize the evil monster he has created. The two striking characters are also alike because they both have an extreme obsession, as well as walking straight into isolation because of their extreme pride and arrogance. In the end, both characters let themselves go too far into detachment and they fill with regret and end up dying a tragic death.