A Lonely Monster

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This paper presents a detailed look at the book of "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley. The writer of this paper explores the fictional element of using a theme when examining the story of the monster. The theme that runs throughout the fabric of the book is the theme of loneliness.

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"The theme of loneliness is woven throughout the book of Frankenstein. It is more than a simple theme of what loneliness feels like to an adult, or to a child, but to both. Rarely in real life, does one have the ability to understand the concept of loneliness, from both standpoints. By the time the child grows up, he or she has often forgotten what it felt like, and they only know the manifestations of adult loneliness. The monster in the book of Frankenstein grows from a newborn baby, to an old man in emotions in a fast forward pace. It is a perfect setting with which to observe the different ways that we handle loneliness and how we react it to depending on our age, understanding of the world, and other factors of our existence as we go through life. Over the course of the novel, the monster displays the theme of loneliness in several different ways that are directly dependent on what stage of development the monster is in."

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