When the audience for the painting Disappointed Love first lays eyes upon the work it seems to draw attention to the young lady sitting alone, conceiving her face for she is sorrowful. The artist, Francis Danby, articulates the woman to be the focal point of the painting. He uses pale and pure colors to illuminate the importance of the woman. Once you look around the painting you can see how dark and gloomy the ambience is around the young lady. This sorrow and gloom can show a connection between the artwork and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. The creature Shelly illustrates in her novel continually searches for the love and companionship of its creator, Victor Frankenstein. The young woman represents the creature and how it craves love and affection from others.
Works Cited
Danby, Francis. Disappointed Love. 1821. The Norton Anthology of British Literature: The
Romantic Period. 10th ed. Stephen Greenblatt, General Editor. W. W. Norton, 2018.
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Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein. 1818, 1831. Introduction and Notes by Karen Karbiener.
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