Victor's Alienation In Frankenstein

The real monster may not be who most expect. One of the most memorable works in Monster Literature is the story of Frankenstein. In this story, most people regard Victor Frankenstein’s creation as the monster, but Victor himself is the true monster. As Victor delved into his studies of becoming a doctor, he became obsessed with the concept of life and death, and with it, his identity as the true monster developed. In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein adhered to the conventions of a monster in literature as he alienated and isolated himself from the rest of society. Victor Frankenstein’s conversion into the monster of the story began when he first isolated himself in his lab in Ingolstadt while attending medical school. After the death of Victor’s professor and mentor, Dr. Waldman, Victor isolated himself from the rest of the village as he worked to create a living being from raw materials, using knowledge learned from Dr. Waldman. Victor became so invested in his experiment to the point where even though there was a health threat and an evacuation occurring in

When Victor was first introduced in the movie he was found by a captain and his crew, wondering the icy banks heading towards the North Pole. The end of the movie revealed that Victor’s creation, after killing Victor’s brother and newlywed wife and collaterally killing his sister and father, ventured off to the North Pole. Victor, filled with anger from the deaths of his family, again isolated himself from society, reaching his final descent into obsession and madness, and headed to the North Pole in pursuit of his creation. Upon Victor Frankenstein’s trek to the North Pole, he alienated and isolated himself from normal civilization and society, fully adhering to the conventions of a monster in