Religion Everyone has felt somewhat out of place at one point or another in his or her life. How does one feel when he or she has no one to turn to? Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Rappaccini's Daughter" are both works that give the reader a chance to observe how individuals feel and act when they are placed in an isolated position. Mary Shelly's Frankenstein is a book about a creature that is …showed first 75 words of 1746 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1746 total…the only outlet for the pain of their alienation. Works Cited Hawthorne, Nathaniel. "Rappaccini's Daughter." Literary Culture: Reading and Writing Literary Arguments. Ed. Linda Bensel-Meyers, et al. Needham Heights, MA: Simon and Schuster, 1999. 457-75. McCloskey, Frank H. "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein." The Humanities in the Age of Science. Ed. Charles Angoff. Cranbury: Associated UP, Inc., 1968. 116-38. Newman, Lea Bertani Vozar. A Reader's Guide to the Short Stories of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Boston: G.K. Hall and Co., 1979.