Humans are the most social animals in the world. When we isolate ourselves, it is a sign that emotions have been reversed between us. If you haven't already, it's normal to feel depressed, alone, lonely. In Mary Shelley's gothic novel, the monster and Frankenstein are isolated. Frankenstein won't tell anyone about his creation because he has no one to confide his emotions to. This results in the loss of one's family, friends and lover. Until the end, he recounts his experience to the force but we never really believed it so his story is only really heard by Robert Walton, an explorer with ambitions as strong as Victor himself. In Shelley's novel, she characterizes Victor Frankenstein and the monster as isolated in expressing their misery. First of all, the state of isolation means being left alone, away from everything else. Once a child, Victor was somewhat neglected after his mother's death. He overcomes his feelings with this strong desire to learn more, to fight to succeed. His nose was constantly buried in books, to the point that he became a social outcast. In fact, Victor Frankenstein directly states how isolation affected his character when he says that "but, swelling as it progressed, it became the torrent which, in its course, carried away all my hopes and all my joys. Natural philosophy is the genius that settled my fate." (Shelley 27) Victor is perhaps an outcast when he devotes and consumes himself in his constant research and work. Shelly wanted to tell how he started with a good mental state, until he begins to seek only knowledge and a higher understanding of natural philosophy Moreover, throughout Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Victor finds himself literally alone when the monster he has. created murders the... middle of paper ......s!” (Shelley 128) Victor clearly informs us that all this time he was wasting his knowledge on death and science rather than on the world, he was busy wasting it on hatred. On the other hand, the monster had no say in his isolation. Victor abandoned him because of his appearance and his fear. The world did it naturally. The creature never asked to be brought back to life, so Victor was the cause of its misery. The monster simply followed his instincts but the relationship between the two became a war. theme from the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Being alone is different from loneliness. Everyone wants to have some moments to themselves, and sometimes we isolate ourselves to the point that others tend to ignore it and make it a habit. The misery of Frankenstein and the monster.