However, his plan backfires as he creates the monster that leads to chaos and destruction. The initial depiction of the creature shows the devastation Frankenstein feels. Shelley describes: "His yellow skin scarcely covered the work of arteries and muscles beneath; his hair was of a lustrous black, and flowing; his teeth of a pearly whiteness; but these luxuriances only formed a more horrid contrast with his watery eyes, that seemed almost of the same color as the dun white sockets in which they were set, his shrivelled complexion, and straight black lips" (Shelley 35).
Frankenstein is shocked by the monster's appearance and draws away from any interaction. Through the analogy of the monster's face, Shelley draws attention to the paradox of isolation. As separate physical traits, the "lustrous black" hair and "pearly whiteness" of the teeth are deemed as "luxuriances." However, as a whole it is described as a "shriveled complexion". The traits individually have a positive connotation but when added together result in complete opposite. A parallel can be drawn with isolation. Solitude can be seen as virtuous as one can explore ambitions and dreams to the furthest extent. However, an excess results in a reality of depression, madness and loss. .
Even with these negative consequences, Frankenstein continues deeper down the road of isolation. First, overwhelmed by the death of his brother, he embarks on a lonesome journey to alleviate his grief: "I suddenly left my home, and bending my steps towards the near Alpine valleys, sought in the magnificence, the eternity of such scenes, to forget myself and my ephemeral, because human, sorrows" (Shelley 64). During this segregation from his family, Frankenstein encounters his creation. During the confrontation, the monster demands for another companion: "I demand a creature of another sex, but as hideous as myself" (Shelley 105).
