Frankenstein Loneliness Essay Example

the monster did not have his creator there to tell him what he should or should not do and that Adam was made with mud and the monster by chemicals and materials. Victor was a normal person and became ill after his creation because he became mad (unlike God).

It took Victor a long time to make his creation and during that period of time, he "went mad" because of non stop hard work. The monster, like Adam did not have any contact with other human life, but for a different reason.

He was not in contact with others because of his physical appearance, unlike Adam who had no choice, since he was the only one alive. "Like Adam, I was apparently united by no link to any other being in existence; But his state was far different from mine in every other respect. He had come from the hands of God, a perfect creature, happy and prosperous, guarded by the especial care of his Creator; he was allowed to converse with and acquire knowledge from beings of a superior nature but I was wretched, helpless, and alone"( pg.

133). Both were lonely, and needed company. Adam and the monster lived part of their lives alone, but there came a point where they were in need of a mate. Adam asked God to create a mate for him and God satisfiee.

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d his request.

The couple got along very nicely for a while and God had confidence in them both. When they both ate the apple from the tree of knowledge, they went against God's advice, but the important thing is that he never stopped

loving them. The monster also asked Victor for a mate. He said he could not manage being alone.

Victor at first said no, but then he was convinced and promised to do the work. Unlike God, Victor was scared to recommence his work and could not manage to think of another being like the one created before, coming into the world. He hated his creation. Later on in the story, Victor rebels himself and decides not to make the monster's mate. "Never will I create another like yourself, equal in deformity and wickedness" (pg.

174). In the middle of his work he destroyed everything.

Because of this action, the monster got very upset and threatened his creator. As a result of Victor's action of destroying his second creation, the monster threatened him with the intention of revenge " I will be with you on your wedding night" (pg.176).

He seeked revenge not only by being there on Victor's wedding night, but also by killing his nearest and dearest. He followed Victor everywhere he went and made him suffer, finding the bodies of the people that he loved. "I saw the lifeless form of Henry Clerval stretched before me"(pg.184) This affected Victor mentally and physically.

He got very ill for a long time. "A fever succeeded to this. I lay for two months on the point of death" (pg.184). The monster turned evil and went against his creator.

Adam, commits a sin like the monster but not as severe. While the monsters sin involved killing people, Adam's is only the break of a promise (eating the apple). He also reacts differently in comparison to the monster.