https://padlet.com/marccountryman00/32lhvgr5hw4y Made with serious passion and thought and definitely not for a grade. en-us 2018-11-08 05:44:50 UTC 2025-11-08 07:36:25 UTC hello@padlet.com marccountryman00 https://padlet.com/marccountryman00/32lhvgr5hw4y/wish/301902321 Isolation is the act of being isolated. To isolate is to be alone or apart from others. Isolation can be both physical and mental. Physical isolation is exactly what it sounds like; to physically be separated from anyone else. Mental isolation is where someone is misunderstood and people just cannot seem to see eye to eye with that person. The feeling of isolation is used mainly to create a depressing or sad mood for a character in a story and to make the reader pity the character. However, isolation can also be by an author used to critique their own society without making their points too obvious by having the character reach into the darker side of his/her mind to show the less respectable parts of humanity.]]> 2018-11-08 05:48:56 UTC https://padlet.com/marccountryman00/32lhvgr5hw4y/wish/301902321 marccountryman00 https://padlet.com/marccountryman00/32lhvgr5hw4y/wish/301904468 A common example of Isolation in Gothic literature is Mary Shelley's, Frankenstein. In Frankenstein, both mental and physical isolation are shown. The professor isolated himself from his own family and friends in order to conduct his research and to do as he pleases. The monster, however is emotionally, or mentally isolated because society rejected him and refused to consider him as a human being. Because of this, the monster roams on his own and accepts his detachment from society.]]> 2018-11-08 06:05:23 UTC https://padlet.com/marccountryman00/32lhvgr5hw4y/wish/301904468 marccountryman00 https://padlet.com/marccountryman00/32lhvgr5hw4y/wish/301906436 Isolation has a very heavy pathos appeal because the reader feels for the character that is isolated. The character is often driven to madness, severe depression, or a combination of the two. However, there could be an argument made for a ethos appeal as well, especially in the monster's case in Frankenstein. An author could subliminally be telling his/her readers that they should never judge someone by how they look, rather than their character. A logos appeal could also be found in Frankenstein. This appeal could be to not isolate oneself because they could be driven to a state of self-induced madness or depression by either not getting the help they need or because they will not be able to talk to anyone.]]> 2018-11-08 06:20:44 UTC https://padlet.com/marccountryman00/32lhvgr5hw4y/wish/301906436 marccountryman00 https://padlet.com/marccountryman00/32lhvgr5hw4y/wish/301907498 The Frankenblog. "Isolation in Gothic Literature." http://102frankenstein.blogspot.com/2011/04/isolation-in-gothic-literature.html. Accessed 8 November 2018

Maynard, Lenny. "Isolation." LennysFrankensteinProject, http://lennysfrankensteinproject.weebly.com/isolation.html. Accessed 8 November 2018]]> 2018-11-08 06:29:02 UTC https://padlet.com/marccountryman00/32lhvgr5hw4y/wish/301907498