Romanticism Exposed In Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein'

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From beginning to end Frankenstein’s Monster is shown as a wicked creature from the people; however, he possesses many human characteristics. The monster was originally an idea of Frankenstein that will soon come to life. Created from many different parts, the monster was never given a chance to be seen as anything other than a science project. From the outside looking in,

Have you ever heard the saying, “Don’t judge a book by its cover?” If not one would answer, “Always read a book cover to cover before you make judgments.” Frankenstein is one such book. While Frankenstein is a book about a monster terrifying a city it is also about compassion, love and friendship. After reading the book you would discover Frankenstein, the monster, is a loving creature with feelings and wants to become a part of society.

People are sometimes misunderstood because of the norms of society. In the book Frankenstein, written by Mary Shelly, the main protagonist is Dr. Frankenstein, who bestows life into his monster and this monster begins to learn and understand his world better, throughout the story, the reader learns about Frankenstein and his family. But, the monster is rejected by everyone. He comes to Frankenstein to pleads him to build him a wife. He reluctantly agrees, but eventually leaves the project. Because of this, the monster swears to get his revenge on him because of how miserable and depressing he made his life. So, he goes and beings to slowly kill everyone Frankenstein cares about. The whole book was caused because of society. This idea of society is explicit in the novel, when the monster goes out into the world and understands he is extremely ugly. This causes people to be scared and flee or attack him on different occasions. This here conveys the idea that society molds people. During the novel of Frankenstein, Mary Shelly is trying to portray the messages of society makes people into who they truly are, that appearances cause people to view others differently and that people have a hidden demon lurking inside of them.

Near the end of the 18th century through the first decades of the 19th century, the romantic ear took over the styles of novels. This was a time of disagreement and confusion over principles and aesthetics; there were many philosophies, agendas, and points of interest that competed in all types of literature. Frankenstein, written by Mary Shelley, is a work from the Romantic Era, and you can see some characteristics of this era in her novel.

Because of its appearance, the monster is often feared by all who lay eyes on it. From his own creator to the villagers in the town, from the moment it is born it is judged based solely on looks. Society teaches that such judgements should not be made based on a mere glance. Despite this, there are several occurrences of the monster being chased off by people after conversing in a normal discussion or even saving a woman's life. Anytime the monster is seen with a someone by a passerbyer their immediate thought is it is attempting to harm them. The ideal that one should not be judgmental based on appearance is presented when the monster converses with an old blind man named De Lacey. Because he is blind the man cannot make a snap judgement and must talk to the monster to make a decision on what kind of personality or level of morality the creature possesses. De Lacey even goes so far as to say that aiding the monster would make him feel, “True pleasure.” (96). This ideal is shattered when the man's son comes home and, horrified by the monster's appearance, kicks him out of their house. These negative reactions cause the monster to feel more isolated and bitter at the world, wishing only for family and companionship. The creature sums up his woes thus, “I ought to be thy Adam; but I am rather the fallen angel.”

Mary Shelley, wife of Percy Shelley, became a highly respected household name after she wrote and published her famous novel, Frankenstein, during The Romantic Period. Mary Shelley indirectly reflects her backstory and The Romantic Period through Frankenstein, and even impacts The Romantic Period through her novel. Evidence of both the reflection of The Romantic Period and Ms. Shelley’s impact on it are found in her background, the time period itself (as well as modern times) and in Frankenstein.

Mary Shelley, with her brilliant tale of mankind's obsession with two opposing forces: creation and science, continues to draw readers with Frankenstein's many meanings and effect on society. Frankenstein has had a major influence across literature and pop culture and was one of the major contributors to a completely new genre of horror. Frankenstein is most famous for being arguably considered the first fully-realized science fiction novel. In Frankenstein, some of the main concepts behind the literary movement of Romanticism can be found. Mary Shelley was a colleague of many Romantic poets such as her husband Percy Shelley, and their friends William Wordsworth and Samuel Coleridge, even though the themes within Frankenstein are darker

“Be the fire, not the moth”. This short saying, which Giacomo Casanova spoke, is a representation of the self-destruction that can be brought about by one’s passion. This is the theme in many books. In Mary Shelly’s novel Frankenstein, the devotion that the Frankenstein and his Monster have for their passion exemplifies and, in the end, causes their eternal suffering. In the story, Frankenstein is rescued from freezing to death in the Arctic by a researcher named Walton. Frankenstein tells Walton his life story and how he made the biggest mistake of his life which was pursuing the acquirement of knowledge. In her narrative, the author uses mirroring language to prove that the passion for knowledge leads to mental torment, ultimately

In the Romance novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley she illustrates themes of innocence and revenge. The book focuses on a wild scientist named Victor Frankenstein. The novel goes through many stories and perspectives on the life of Frankenstein's creation. Throughout the novel the monster tries to prove to the society that he is not a horrible creature and that his physical attributes do not represent him. Although he tries hard to accomplish this goal, society does not believe him so the monster decides to get revenge on Frankenstein. The society is responsible for the deaths that occurred in the novel because they assumed he was a certain way based on his looks, their violent towards him, and they mentally hurt him with their words which turn him evil and make him obsessed with revenge.

Sometimes considered one of the first science fiction novels of supernatural terror, Frankenstein proved itself an instant success when released anonymously in 1818. The mad scientist Victor Frankenstein and his creation provoke readers with the fear of the unknown and the power of natures forces. A deeper look into the character of Victor Frankenstein, the role of scientific experimentation and the intricate settings of nature in which the story evolves, prove Mary Shelley's novel, Frankenstein , a worthy example of both Romantic and Gothic representation in nineteenth century British Literature.

The novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, is a story about how important having a family is to some, but also judging someone based on their appearance. Victor Frankenstein starts the novel by describing his childhood with his loving and supportive family. Family is very important to him because he did not have many friends growing up. While Frankenstein is away at school he starts to become very depressed and you see his attitude towards his family and his life change. Being away at school, he creates a “monster” by using different pieces of corpses and that becomes the only thing that matters to him until he sees how hideous it is. He immediately hates his creation just because of how he looks. Frankenstein begins to abandon everyone and thing in his life because of his obsession with the idea of glory and science, causing the novel to go from Romanticism to Gothic. The “monster” finds a family living in a cottage, by watching all winter he learns how a family should love and accept others. By seeing this, Frankenstein’s creations understand what was taken from him, and will do whatever he has to do to have a family of his own.

The Romantic era, which originated in the 18th century, was a movement which sought to explore and return to human feelings. It also opposed the enlightenment movement, which sought reason and rationality, due that it found it cold and emotionless. Romanticism became one of the greatest periods of literature, but despite what one may think not all of it novels were about love or romance. Indeed, many of their period greatest writings were also about tragedy or drama, like “the rime of the ancient mariner” . Above many one of the greatest novels of this period was mary shelley’s Frankenstein, which have some of romanticism greatest themes

In the novel Frankenstein, written by Mary Shelley, there are many examples of romantic characteristics that can be found while reading the book. The romantic period was an artistic, literary, musical, and intellectual movement. There are both literary and political characteristics of romanticism in the novel. Two examples of literary characteristics are the quest for the sublime and the gothic theme of the story. Two examples of political philosophies are the question of whether or not it was beneficial to create a new life and the division of social classes.

The “Gothic” or “Weird” tales were a strange assortment of three genres that dominated popular commercial publishing over the 20th century: fantasy, horror, and science fiction. The mixed nature of the “Gothic” defined in its genre were tales of many types – sword-and-sandal epics about fearless barbarian heroes, chilling tales of unearthly New England monsters, and haunted houses filled with unseen supernatural occurrences. Out of these stories in the “Gothic tradition”, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is one of the most influential novels in history. It is considered by many to be one of the first science fiction novels. Often these stories of science fiction draw attention to the permeable boundaries separating humans from their