Throughout time, man has been isolated from people and places. A prime example of isolation is Adam, “the man [formed] from the dust of the ground [by the Lord God]” (Teen Study Bible, Gen. 2:7). After committing the first sin, he departs “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 the protection and wealth that the garden provides, as well as the non-existence of sin. Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein, is able to identify with the story of Adam and the first sin to help her character, the Creature, relate to Adam. The Creature is able to identify himself because “[like] Adam, [he is] apparently united by no connection with any other existing being” (Shelley 124). In another way, the creature's creator, Victor Frankenstein, also identifies with the story of the first human, but with a different character, God. “God created man in his own 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 life into the world but did not take responsibility for directing and guiding his creature for his own benefit or that of creation. Unlike God's creature which, in turn, prospered. Instead of prosperity, Frankenstein experiences a life of solitude and the responsibility for many unnecessary 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 thought about his past, his social status, his emotions, his dreams and his fantasies. A pe...... middle of paper ...... first occurrences, like Adam did. Each character leads the reader to believe that they might not have met their end if they were not in solitary confinement. Works CitedAbbey, Cherie D., ed. 19th century literary criticism. Flight. 14. Kansas City, MO: Gale Research, 1987. Draper, James P., ed. Criticism of world literature. Flight. 5. Detroit: Gale Research, 1992. Goldberg, M.A. “Morality and Myth in Mrs. Shelley’s Frankenstein.” Keats-Shelley Journal 7 (1958): 27-38. Schoene-Harwood, Berthold, ed. Critical Guides to Colombia: Mary Shelley Frankenstein. New York: Columbia UP, 2000. Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein. New York: Signet, 1994. Study Bible for Teens. Jean E. Syswerda, ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1993. Telgen, Diane, ed. Novels for students. Flight. 1. Detroit: Gale Research, 1997. Wolf, Leonard. Frankenstein Annotated. New York: Leonard Wolf, 1977.