Themes

In literature, a theme is the main topic that the author is trying to highlight. While the term theme was for a time used to reference the message and the moral, literary critics now rarely use it in this namely becose to the confusion it causes about the common sign of theme the subject of discourse, discussion, conversation.

Themes in Frankenstein

Quote: "They are dead; and but one feeling in such a solitude can persuade me to preserve my life. If I were engaged in any high undertaking or design, fraught with extensive utility to my fellow-creatures, then I could live to fullfill it. But such is not my destiny; I must pursue and destroy the being to whom I gave existence; then my lot on earth will be fullfiled, and I may die".

Theme: guilt, solitude.

Explanation: In this quote we can see the main character (Victor Frankenstein) expresses his feeling of solitude becose the monster killed all the people he loved leaving him alone and this can explain why later he thinks in commiting suicide and he also feel guilty becose is his creation who muerdered the ones he known so the only thing he wants is to destroy the thing he have created to stop his nightmare.