Victor Frankenstein was escaping life. He lacked "rest and health"(56) and had "worked hard for nearly two years"(56) while he placed himself in confinement, playing god, working to create a creature. Through his entire life, Victor brought solitary confinement upon himself. He continued to
After a time of hard work, on a stormy night, his creation came to life but he was frighten by its sight and fell ill. He then gets nursed back to health but before he returns home his father give tongue to his brother’s murder. Victor begins to fear his own creation, but later come in contact with the creature and faces its questions. The creature recites of his experiences since the day of his creation when he was
Once the monster was created, Victor was unsure what to do with it and panicked. He knew at that point he would not be able to love and care for this monster and felt guilty and he rejected the monster. The monster and Victor separated and no one knew of the existence of the monster besides Victor (Shelley, page 61). Victor and the monster were both alike and different in many ways. Victor put a lot of hard work and compassion into creating the monster, which took him nearly two years.
He dislikes both his roommate, Stradlater, and his neighbor, Ackley, because they appear “phony” to him. He doesn’t have any close friends at the present time, but used to be close with a girl named Jane. He would play checkers with her, and comfort her when she was sad (33). Besides Jane, Allie, and Phoebe, Holden doesn’t appear to allow himself
A Byronic hero is someone that exhibits emotions and excessive moodiness which Gatsby often does when Daisy does not claim to have never loved Tom. A Byronic hero is also someone that is a loner. Even though he was rarely ever alone so to speak, Mr. Gatsby did not have any friends or family near and dear to him throughout the story except for Daisy. The fact that Mr. Gatsby also struggles with his own sense of integrity just clarifies that he is a Byronic hero. His strong disdain for the traditional moral and social class standards of this time along with the other examples listed above clearly show you that Mr. Jay Gatsby can only be one thing and that one this is a Byronic
Loneliness for some is a dull beginning of a bright future, and for others, it is unfortunate and eternal. In The Shipping News by Annie Proulx, Quoyle is a character who suffers through a boundless amount of loneliness that exists in many forms. He becomes lonely as he is involved in a one-way relationship and also exhibits the feeling of isolation when he is singled out by society. Similarly, the life experiences of a narrator in an anonymous writer’s poem, Bow Down Your Head and Cry, closely resemble the isolation and hardships that Quoyle is forced to suffer through. The narrator experiences loneliness and great difficulties coping with the separation of his loved one and additionally felt isolated as he was alienated from society.
Has his body become frail from a previous sickness and he catches any illness that is in the air? The answer to both of these questions is no. Except for the end of Victor’s journeys, when he was nearly frozen to death and frail from lack or nourishment and sleep, Victor is not sick because of a weakened body or from being previously sick. He is sick from the realization of what he created and the havoc that the creature commits. Throughout the book Frankenstein, Victor becomes physically ill with the realization of what he has done from trying to be God and creating the monster.
She said school is shit and home is shit but she didn’t explain why and Joe never asked. In the novel Joe looked at a photo of Amanda, he had known her all his life. But now it was like he was looking at a total stranger. Joe didn’t really have any secrets but he felt like he didn’t really know his friends at all. These guys never caught up with Amanda to find out to find out what the
Asef Rahman English 10H 10/15/2012 Ethan Frome: a lonely man indeed The novel, Ethan Frome, by Edith Wharton, is a story about Ethan, a man torn between the moral obligations to his wife, Zeena, and his need for a person to love. The author’s use of foreshadowing, metaphors, imagery and motifs vividly convey the overall message that man cannot simply live alone and needs somebody in his life. He has Zeena but he does not converse with her at all. The fact that Starkfield was a depressing place to live did not help his life either. Although Ethan’s overall nature was damaged by the smash up, his time spent in Starkfield had caused his overall melancholy demeanor and left him feeling isolated.
All of these situations are the result of his isolation and loneliness. This happens to people all around the world due to lack of a support system. Depression is one of the leading mental illnesses in which people are diagnosed today. Without friends and family in people’s lives they have nowhere to turn but themselves. Over time the only thing that is left to do is to rely on something that will take the pain away even though it may be wrong.