An excellent literary example of the demonstration of alienation can be found in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. The theme of human injustice towards outsiders was explored by the parallels of Victor and his creation. Both Victor and the Monster lived isolated from society, desired a companion with whom to share their lives, hated their living condition, and encountered suffering due to insight from learned knowledge. Victor became increasingly similar to his creation

Thornburg, Mary K. Patterson. The Monster in the Mirror. Ann Arbor: UMI Research Press, 1987.

Quite early in the story it became apparent that Victor willingly separated himself from his family and friends. He alienated himself from society, despite his insistence that the Monster isolated him from others, due to his desire for knowledge, and the countless hours he spent conducting his scientific experiments. This is evident because he never once visited his family, during the time he studied and created the Monster. The irony is that he pursued an outdated and erroneous science in order to recover his mother. While performing his scientific work, Victor changed from a gentle, kind, and healthy man to a selfish, sickly being.

Once Frankenstein's interest in science became an obsession, he was divided from his family, friends, and the rest of humanity. Victor's enrollment in the university represented his detachment from others when he entered the public world; therefore, the timing of his mother's death immediately before he left for school was fitting. After her death, he became fixated with learning about the causes of life. Once he got to the university, Victor neglected the study of authorized scientific activities and pursued a method for overcoming death. The University of Ingolstadt didn't provide an academic community atmosphere for Victor to flourish. Instead, he attempted to create his mother or recover her by creating the Monster (Collings 248).

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The Monster's feelings of alienation were largely fueled by his actual appearance. Whenever the monster was capable of feeling attachment to a human being, he was rejected by those humans. This caused him to lash out against society and against Victor. The Monster helped the De Lacey's by collecting wood while he lived in a nearby hovel. The father of Felix accepted the creature when he first approached. When his children came home, his former notion of the Monster changed and he reacted in horror, despite not being able to see what the Monster looked like. His kind nature did not prevent the Monster from being beaten by Felix and being ostracized by the others because they were horrified by his appearance. Although, the creature failed to establish a human bond on this attempt he didn't give up hope altogether. He wanted more than anything to be accepted by humans, so he continued to treat them kindly, even though his experience with the De Lacey's was dreadful. Later in the book, other members of society also rejected the Monster. The boy in the woods shot the creature, William Frankenstein verbally abused him and Ro

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