All Alone

In Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, there is a reoccurring theme of alienation.  Victor alienates himself through his experiment. It becomes his sole focus while he is at the university. He loses vast amounts of sleep and health while working to create his creature. Once he abandons his creature, he begins to embrace society and become healthy again. Justine becomes alienated once she becomes accused of murder. The town abandons her. Victor, Elizabeth, and Alphonse are the only people who seem to care about her. Furthermore, Victor's creation is alienated from society. "Everywhere I see bliss, from which I alone an irrevocably excluded." (Shelley, 69). The creature is hideous and terrifying to the point that he can't enjoy the bliss of the world because everyone detests him. The only thing he asks of Victor is for him to be his friend and then he will stop being terrible. Victor's ignorance of the creature led to the death of his brother William and his servant Justine.