Discuss the theme of suffering in Mary Shelly's 'Frankenstein', and P.B. Shelly's 'Alastor: or the spirit of solitude'

by n KALSI Discuss the theme of suffering in Mary Shelly's 'Frankenstein' and P.B.Shelly's 'Alastor: Or the spirit of solitude'. The theme of suffering is best conveyed through the "solitary" aesthetic figure of the wanderer or vagrant. Romantic writers produced works revealing extremes of isolation and socialisation, creating 'either a wild beast or a god' and proving that although solitude can render knowledge, it can also be the cause of deep suffering. Mary …

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