The symbols presented in Mary Shelley's story writings are able to go hand in hand with the overarching theme of isolationism. One of the most common symbols used is snow. A snow field can be imagined as wide and flat; You can't see absolutely anything. It is that loneliness that snow represents when mentioned in the plot. Because, when snow is mentioned in the reading, it is directly related to the theme of isolationism. Mountains also have another meaning inherent in them. Victor Frankenstein climbs the mountains to discover the creature in the book (69). The mountains always seemed so far away to Victor. The mountains represent the society that Victor never fully joined. To the creature, they are marked as the home of a desolate and abandoned monster. Another object that had a deeper meaning was water that was seen throughout the book was water. Victor says at one point in the story "I was tempted to dive into the silent lake" (63). Water is death in disguise. Victor wishes to end everything, including his life in the water. Death is the ultimate isolationism. With water representing a permanent form of solitude, it supports the theme of solitude