Romanticism In Frankenstein
Throughout the Romanticism era, authors often looked to nature as an ideal for humanity. Famous Romantic author Mary Shelley wrote the novel Frankenstein centers on Victor Frankenstein bringing a creature into the natural realm of the living. Another famous author, William Wordsworth, wrote the poem “The World is Too Much with Us; Late and Soon,” to reveal a personal perspective on the evolving relationship between mankind and nature. Shelley's novel Frankenstein and Wordsworth's poem "The World" illustrate nature as a force essential to mankind's stability and happiness, and as a result, isolation from nature by the subjects of the works in favor of human interests procures devastating effects. Frankenstein and “The World” expose how nature’s
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In the midst of creating his monster, Victor “was engaged in one pursuit” while the “most beautiful season” passes, yet his “eyes were insensible to the charms of nature.” As Frankenstein with all of his “heart and soul” (Shelley 39) isolates himself for a human goal, he not only loses appreciation for nature, but also part of his own soul as eyes are often called the window to the soul. Therefore, the product of Victor’s isolation came at both a cost to nature, and himself. After finishing the monster, “horror and disgust filled my heart” (Shelley 42) at the creature spreads devastation as the monster “diabolically murders” (Shelley 81) numerous victims. Similarly, Wordsworth wrote how “the world is too much with us” because humans focus on the human practice of “getting and spending” (Wordsworth 1-2) goods. The impact of such actions causes mankind to be “out of tune” (Wordsworth 8) even as “the Sea bares her bosom to the moon” (Wordsworth 5). Humanity is isolated from nature by being obsessed with following their own pursuits, such as during the contemporary Industrial Revolution. The aftermath causes mankind ignores nature, in spite of the force exposing raw beauty. The human apathy towards nature causes the species to have “given our hearts away” (Wordsworth 4). Mankind’s isolation from nature in favor of human interests amounts to the point where humans suffer the devastating loss of their own soul, the
In the midst of creating his monster, Victor “was engaged in one pursuit” while the “most beautiful season” passes, yet his “eyes were insensible to the charms of nature.” As Frankenstein with all of his “heart and soul” (Shelley 39) isolates himself for a human goal, he not only loses appreciation for nature, but also part of his own soul as eyes are often called the window to the soul. Therefore, the product of Victor’s isolation came at both a cost to nature, and himself. After finishing the monster, “horror and disgust filled my heart” (Shelley 42) at the creature spreads devastation as the monster “diabolically murders” (Shelley 81) numerous victims. Similarly, Wordsworth wrote how “the world is too much with us” because humans focus on the human practice of “getting and spending” (Wordsworth 1-2) goods. The impact of such actions causes mankind to be “out of tune” (Wordsworth 8) even as “the Sea bares her bosom to the moon” (Wordsworth 5). Humanity is isolated from nature by being obsessed with following their own pursuits, such as during the contemporary Industrial Revolution. The aftermath causes mankind ignores nature, in spite of the force exposing raw beauty. The human apathy towards nature causes the species to have “given our hearts away” (Wordsworth 4). Mankind’s isolation from nature in favor of human interests amounts to the point where humans suffer the devastating loss of their own soul, the