Every person in the human race has a personality, thoughts, and feelings. The philosopher Freud spent years studying the human mind and dreams that humans have, trying to determine what influences them to think the way they do. He came up with a theory that the human mind consists of three parts. The Id, which is the unconscious, animal desires that are frequently repressed, the Ego which is the self conscious state and the Superego which consists of the semi-conscious, morality shaped by upbringing. Every person has these three sections in their minds and depending on how they live determines what section they use the most. Freud had a follower named Jacques Lacan who eventually came up with his own theory that the human mind consists of two realms. The Symbolic, which is considered the political, educational, stronger, masculine side and the Imaginary, which is considered the poetic, weaker, feminine side. He believes that every person must maintain a relatively equal balance between these two realms. If a person is weighted in one realm more than the other, they will start to shun the other side away, and will suffer mentally and physically from it. Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein displays Lacan's theory with the character named Victor Frankenstein. He is a perfect example to demonstrate based on Lacan's theory that if a person is not balanced in both the symbolic and imaginary realms they will suffer both mentally and physically.
             Victor Frankenstein is an example of Lacan's theory that an unbalanced person of the symbolic and imaginary realms will suffer. In the novel Frankenstein Victor is retelling the story of his life to a sea captain named Walton and how he has suffered and is miserable due to his unbalance of both realms. When he was a child he lived a happy life with both of his parents. He remembered his father, who was "respected by all who knew him for his integrity and indefatigable attent...