Frankenstein Romanticism

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is romantic is many ways. Although the characteristics of romanticism million don't stick out in this piece, if you dig deep enough the basis of the story revolves around romanticism traits. Importance of Imagination is evident while reading this piece. The scientist came up with his experiment and put his “heart and soul, in one pursuit.” into it because he was determined to follow his imagination, not anyone else's. However his imagination goes too far and throws off the course of nature which plays into another characteristic. The awe of nature plays a huge role in this story. The scientist was fascinated with the human frame, “one of the phenomena which had peculiarly attracted my attention was the structure
In the previous paragraph, there was evidence to support how both Frankenstein and some poems we read in class share the awe of nature trait with each other. It's the means of which characters die or get injured that are different with one another. In Frankenstein, the scientist Victor creates a monster out of used body parts, only to create a horrific monster you ends up killing Victor's brother and making Victor seriously ill. In chapter five Victor confesses “But I was in reality very ill.” and that the cause of this was his own creation. Frankenstein is a gothic romantic novel, explaining why the consequences of defying nature comes with one big consequence to face and more of an unsettling presence to the story. Death is more gory and violent than in poem such as “A slumber did my spirit seal.” by Williams Wordsworth. In this poem, death is more of a graceful and monumental event in one's life. Nothing gory about it. The death that takes place is almost reassuring that one day we will be recycled back into our beautiful mother Earth. There are no consequences to death here. Wordsworth talks more about the beauty of the nature rather than the cause of death of the girl, which is a more light-hearted approach to the characteristic of awe of
In plays such as “Importance Of being Earnest.” a common theme seen is upper classes or the wealthy being power hungry. The upper class has an a extent amount of belongings to their name, but they will walk through fire to get more of what they already have. Most of the times this ends up as their downfall because the lower classes want these wealthy people’s belongings as well, creating a lifetime rivalry between the two.This is also seen in Frankenstein. Victor is rich with intelligence and knowledge. He decides to use this knowledge of his to try and increases his intelligence with a new way to create humans rather than nature. This is similar to “Importance Of Being Earnest” because as stated before, they are both biting off more than they can chew. Later on in Frankenstein, his creation turns out to be his downfall, giving Victor an illness and killing multiple people. Although both are extremely different compared to age written, that doesn't stop the fact that both have similar motives/themes in their