" Life is such an amazing and unique concept. ... Throughout Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, readers can understand the role that alienation and rejection plays within society. ... Victor chose to live an alienated and isolated life. ... Victor created and gave the creature it's life. ... Within Mary Shelley's novel "Frankenstein," the pain of alienation and desolation that existed between the creator, Victor Frankenstein and the creation, the creature, ultimately lead to both of their deaths. ...

• Word Count: 1291
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography

The pursuit of knowledge leads to despair and corruption in the novel Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. ... Mary Shelley writes Victors story from Victor's point of view and of him telling another man, Walton, about his ghastly tale. ... He wants to figure out what brings dead tissue to life. ... His new knowledge is now trying to destroy his life. ... His pursuit of the secret of life destroyed his life, killed those who were close to him, and in the end finished him off. ...

• Word Count: 1506
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

In Mary Shelly's Frankenstein, families are a very important part of the structure of the novel. ... The existence of the De Lace's in the novel proves that Mary Shelly wanted to include the importance of a family and how being close in a family can make everyone happy. ... Not a whole family, but a single person, who could be his companion for life. ... Many times, a substitute cannot be found and life must go on with what you have. ... As the creator, Victor should take full responsibility and provide his creation with these pleasures in life. ...

• Word Count: 1455
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School