In the Romantic literary period, nature was often positively associated with isolation. Throughout the novel Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley, there is a strong symbolic relationship between loneliness and nature. However, Shelley uses this relationship to show the negativity of being alone. The relationship between nature and solitude is represented through three characters in the story: Victor Frankenstein, his creature, and Robert Walton. When characters are alone and need company, they feel depressed, confused, and angry; they do not think clearly and, as a result, make poor decisions. They seek refuge in nature and attempt to use its beauty to find answers and fill their void of friendship. Yet none of the characters ever overcome their bouts of loneliness because they never find true solace in nature. Victor Frankenstein says: “No human being could have had a happier childhood than I”; (Shelley, 19 years old). His childhood was filled with love and care from his parents, his beautiful and beloved companion Elizabeth and his best friend Henry Clerval. However, after leaving home to pursue his studies in Ingolstadt, he remarks: "I who had always been surrounded by amiable companions, continually occupied in endeavoring to procure mutual pleasure, was now alone"; (Shelley, 25 years old). Frankenstein no longer feels all the happiness he once felt when reunited with his family and friends. He distances himself from others because he considers himself “totally unfit for the company of strangers”; (Shelley, 25 years old). When Frankenstein is in Ingolstadt, he “has an emptiness of soul”; so deep that it subverts Nature to fill it (quoted in Renfroe, 2). He conceives: “A new species would bless me as creator and source; many happy and excellent natures owe their existence to me”; (Shelley, 32 years old). Frankenstein decides to create a creature to defy the powers of nature and God – a bad decision that ruins the rest of his life. When Victor finally succeeds in his quest to possess Nature, “horror and disgust”; fill his heart by looking at his new creation (quoted in Renfroe, 2). He sought companionship by capturing nature and creating someone to honor it for giving him life; but it backfired and he sealed his fate to his creature's wrath. When Victor Frankenstein is once again separated from his beloved family and friends, this time by their death, he feels the pangs of isolation..