Over time, man has been isolated from people and places. A great example of isolation is Adam, “man [formed] from the dust of the earth [by the Lord God]” (Teen Study Bible, Gen. 2:7). After committing the first sin he isolates himself "from the Garden of Eden to work the land from which he was taken" (Teen Study Bible, Gen. 3:23). This isolation deprives Adam of his protection and wealth provided by the garden and also of the non-existence of sin. Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein, is able to relate to the story of Adam and the first sin to help her character, the Creature, associate with Adam. The Creature is able to relate because "[like] Adam, [he is] apparently united by no bond with any other existing being" (Shelley 124). In other ways, the creator of the creature, Victor Frankenstein, also identifies with the story of the first human being, but with a different character, God. "God created man in his image" (Teen Study Bible, Gen. 1,27 ) and, unlike Frankenstein, "God saw everything he had made, and it was very good" (Teen Study Bible, Gen. 1.31). Frankenstein brought a life into the world but did not take responsibility for leading and guiding his creation for the benefit of himself or creation. Unlike God's creature who also prospered. Instead of prosperity, Frankenstein receives a life of loneliness and responsibility for many needless deaths. The Creature, like its creator, lives its life isolated from society. His only goal is to be loved and accepted by those around him. Through these circumstances the effects of isolation and loneliness are brought to life by the creature and the creator thinks about their past, social status, emotions, dreams and fantasies. To pe...... middle of paper...... first events, as Adam did. Each character leads the reader to believe that perhaps he would not have met his end if he had not been in solitary confinement. Works Cited Abbey, Cherie D., ed. Criticism of nineteenth-century literature. vol. 14. Kansas City, MO: Gale Research, 1987. Draper, James P., ed. Criticism of world literature. vol. 5. Detroit: Gale Research, 1992.Goldberg, M.A. “Moral and Myth in Mrs. Shelley's Frankenstein.” Keats-Shelley Journal 7 (1958): 27-38. Schoene-Harwood, Berthold, ed. Columbia Critical Guides: Mary Shelley Frankenstein. New York: Columbia UP, 2000. Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein. New York: Signet, 1994. Teen Study Bible. Jean E. Syswerda, ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1993.Telgen, Diane, ed. Novels for students. vol. 1. Detroit: Gale Research, 1997.Wolf, Leonard. Commentary Frankenstein. New York: Leonard Wolf, 1977.