A Large Part of the Storyline

Decisions that you make can change the outcome of your life. Negative or positive, the product is something that the person who made the decision must combat. In the story Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, a rather spontaneous decision is made by Victor to create the creature. It was the impact of the creation of the creature that set the stage, and the tone for the rest of the book.

A large part of the storyline is the description of the creature's solidarity and sorrow. Because of this, Shelley took her readers on an expedition where she presented a lesson to her readers teaching them how detachment can be the precursor for catastrophe. The creature in the story was brought into the world by mending many different body parts together, due to this he could not be active in society because of his appearance and the fact that he is uniquely one of a kind.

Many people would assume that because of the horrid appearance of Frankenstein, that he is a savage beast that has no feelings and no desire to have relationships with human beings. Despite this common opinion, he is actually the complete opposite to feelingless. Frankenstein learned how to express his feelings through utilizing language. He learned from listening to cottagers' speaking with one another and using that to his advantage in order to learn to be precise with his language. The isolation and loneliness of the creature pushed him to commit violent acts towards people. This is one of the main factors that lead to the death of William.

Because Frankenstein is so articulate, he is able to tell Victor that he desires a companion to keep himself company and he believes that they can move off to a faraway island together and live off of the land away from humans that would surely shun them for their appearance. In fact, nearly every human in the story was disgusted with the creature's spooky appearance. Near the end, it is obvious that Frankenstein's life lacks meaning without the ones that he loves, and he can never really be happy without sharing his life with a companion.

This is very similar to the predicament that Captain Walden was enduring in the beginning of the book. Captain Walden when he stated that he desired someone to speak with that would understand his overall mission. He found this type of fulfillment when he met with Victor.
Two prominent themes that Shelley puts to use in this particular body of literature are nature and nurture. The nature in the story is within the monster's DNA and how his nature drives him to violence.

However on the other hand, the monster was raised by the people in his environment to behave in many ways as well. There is a constant tipping of the scale where Frankenstein is attempting to balance his actions between the way that he was raised among people, language, and science against his instincts that drive him to commit acts of violence, isolate himself, and other animalistic characteristics.

In conclusion, Mary Shelley's book named Frankenstein is a tragic novel where one person's mistake lead to the death of the ones that he loved. Nature punishes Victor for attempting to artificially create life and change the flow of how nature would naturally create life. The nature was stronger than the nurture of society in that fact.

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