In Frankenstein there is a world divided between the selfish ideas of a mad man and the monster that is created through his madness: in Lacanian terms, between the symbolic and imaginary orders . According to Lacan, “the Imaginary [is a] field of images, imagination and deception” (Wikepedia.org); Victor's imagination reflects exclusively on the monster created by his own guilty hands. For Victor, his creation reflects the idea and ego he cultivates through him, it is the spark that takes the ordinary and transforms it into the "alienated". the work instead did the opposite, repairing it completely. “I avoided my fellow men as if I had been guilty of a crime (Shelley 60). By alienating himself, Victor is then able to feed his ego with only his thoughts, gradually building it up (as he does with his monster), until the mind is practically suffocated by the self. “A new species would bless me as its creator and source; many happy and excellent natures owe their existence to me” (Shelley 58). Clinging firmly to the idea of ​​playing the role of God, Victor lets his imagination and deception free him to believe that the dead can inevitably be brought back to life without repercussions. With this he loses all moral grace and neglects the rationality of his actions. He overcomes the task and gains enough control to lead Frankenstein to descend into tomb-robbing. Naturally this intention is fueled by the death of his mother, the representation takes on a meaning that comes to symbolize a revival of the dead, a new beginning, and an immortality that in reality can never be given without a price. With Lacan in mind a… medium of paper… another example of how powerful Lady Frankenstein was even in death. Mary Shelley takes the psychological aspect and really sinks her teeth into it in this novel. From the paranoia of its protagonist to the sense of empathy that readers seem to feel when dealing with the monster; it's as if he's taking someone on a journey of emotion and self-reflection. Shelley, although perhaps a little too modern for his time, produced a novel that truly captured the mind and made one capable of dissecting it like no other. Work cited Collings, David. "The Monster and the Mother Thing: Mary Shelley's Critique of Ideology." Frankenstein. Joanna Smith. Bedford/St. Martin: New York, 2000. 280-94. Print.Freud, Sigmund. “From the interpretation of dreams”. 913-956. Print.“Jaques Lacan”. Wikipedia. Wikipedia.org, November 9, 2009. Network. November 21, 2011Shelley, Mary. “Frankenstein” Smith. 28-189.