The Beauty Of Nature By Mary Shelley

What does a person think holds the most influence; the mistake itself or the actions that fallow after seeing the daylight of their mistakes? Will the mistakes be left to suffer in silence or will that person submit to their fatalities in a humble manner? In the short story “Transformation” by Mary Shelley, the main character Guido recalls his life story and admits all the horrible mistakes he made, despite his shame and embarrassment. He’s a young man who was desperately in love with Juliet; although he was an arrogant and selfish man who disregarded Juliet’s feelings. Even after he realized he had lost Juliet forever, a dwarf convinces him revenge is the adequate reaction. So, Guido trades his appearance and life for the Dwarf’s riches. Guido believes that in order to exact revenge on Juliet and her father he needs money; the catch is this exchange will only last for three days. When he sees the Dwarf inside his own body, he realizes his own faults and his selfless act in response re-paid his debt in the end. The moral lesson of “Transformation” by Mary Shelley is that making a mistake is not the biggest issue; what you do once you realize where you went wrong is what matters. The author developed this moral through conflict and characterization.

Mary Shelley once wrote,“Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.” Shelley talks about stepping away from society and learning to focus your mind. This connects to nature and romanticism by way of focusing on the natural world. When Shelley wrote Frankenstein, industrialism was on the rise. Industrialism is social or economic system built on manufacturing industries. This pulled people further from nature and into cities and towns.

The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon and Frankenstein by Mary Shelley are novels that demonstrate society’s lack of acceptance towards abnormalities. The characters in both of these novels are used to portray the challenges people face in order to be accepted in society. In The Speed of Dark an autistic man, Lou, endures poor treatment at work because he performs tasks differently due to his autism. As a result, his boss offers him the opportunity to receive a life changing surgery in order to make him normal. Similarly, in Frankenstein the creature endures criticism due to his physical appearance. Both of these characters are not easily accepted into society because they have distinct differences.

It is also clear that the human heart and mind is deeply touched in the form of spirituality and joy by the beauty of nature. Finally, it is evident that by use of language devices, that writings regarding the natural world truly can fill the reader with a sense of the beauty, and awe of the natural world. Therefore, while both of these writers have deep relationships with nature, Wordsworth has expressed his relationship with nature as being that of a source of happiness using poetic syntax and tones of admiration, while

In Frankenstein, Mary Shelley asserts that nature is a blessing that people should appreciate. Henry Clerval is Shelley’s model for a man who respects nature; he contrasts Victor, who no longer gives reverence to nature.

A six foot man created by a montage of flesh and sinew might of been the most terrifying scene that Victor Frankenstein has ever beheld. The monster which is known by many through the well known gothic classic, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, has a lot to teach us about human nature. The monster was created not as a physical representation, but rather as a deep symbol of Victor Frankenstein. The monster really just lives within Victor, and drives him to the extent of doing things that he may never of done himself. Many people can relate to this feeling of being overrun by anger, sadness, greed, etc. The monster being a symbol speaks depths about what it means to be truly human, and what it means to live motivated by impulses.

Throughout history, humans have been fascinated the inherent bond that exists between ourselves and Nature. During the eighteenth century, known also as “the Reformation” period, there was a push in European society towards science and reason being the epicenter of culture. During this time, Alexander Pope wrote the poem ‘Essay on Man’ which was intended to be an outline of perennial, universal truths. The emphasis was primarily on the nature of reason rather than Nature itself. After this time period came the Romantic period, lasting from 1785-1832. It was in 1818 that Mary Shelley wrote ‘Frankenstein’, also known as ‘The Modern Prometheus’, an imaginative tale about a monster created by man. The relationships between Nature and the characters are dynamic in that they change frequently. They appear, in many instances, to be a vehicle for expressing emotion. By examining and writing about the way humans interact with the Nature surrounding them, Pope and Shelley made it possible to analyze and highlight common relationships between humans and Nature during their lifetime; for Pope and his peers, it was more about reason and ___ (word for only coming to conclusions based on ur five senses), while during Shelley’s time period, people tended to have a more emotional relationship with Nature.

Throughout history, humans have made outstanding progress in many fields, such as, science, nature and social interaction. Despite the advances, people continue to fall into loneliness, depression and ultimately end up completely alone. For example, the Romantic period of literature conveys pushing the boundaries of nature, as well many of the authors recognize humans becoming more indulged in science and technology, leading to unwanted outcomes. In the novel Frankenstein and the poem, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, the authors, Mary Shelly and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, respectively, create a character that attempts and succeeds to mess with nature and they suffer the consequences. Shelly alludes to Coleridge’s poem multiple times in order foreshadow the themes of isolation and playing God, which become apparent in both works.

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a fantastic representation of humanity, passion, and hubris. The book contains themes about the sublime qualities of nature, the disruption of nature, the ethics of scientific advancement, and much more, all signs of a classic Romantic era novel. First, it is apt to discuss the idea of “not disturbing nature”. A lot of times in the Romantic age, it was expounded upon that nature is sublime, or almost godlike, and that essentially it should be left alone.

Nature has an undefinable meaning as the theme is utilised in literature, and it has been a topic of reflection within the Romanticists since the beginning of the era. Romanticism and nature and inextricably linked ideas. Poets; Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman wrote during the romantic era, and both drew heavily from aspects of nature in their work. Nature can be paralleled against several things, including humanity and the idea of life and death. The contrast between the natural world and the artificial world, and what this means for society, is also strongly eluded to in Dickinson and Whitman’s poems. Each poet uses nature as the backbone to their poetry in several instances. Dickinson’s, “Hope is the Thing with Feathers”, (Dickinson, 19) and “My Life Has Stood A Loaded Gun”, (Dickinson, 69) are strong examples of this. Whitman’s, “Song of Myself”, (Whitman, 29) and, “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d”, (Whitman, 255) are also poems that show the connection between nature and romanticism. Poets, Dickinson and Whitman engage with romanticism in a creative and constructive manner through the utilisation of the natural world.

“Here we find nature to be the circumstance which[…] judges like a god all men that come to her.” is one of the first statements by Ralph Waldo Emerson in his essay “Nature”, referring to nature’s role in romanticism. Nature, as well as science, are one of the main topics depicted in writings of the romantic period. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein can be attached to these writings. Her novel implies many natural and scientific characteristics that approach throughout the novel and finally clash by Victor Frankenstein’s creation of the monster. The following essay states the importance of nature and science in Frankenstein and argues that Frankenstein’s monster is a personalization of the danger involved in connecting both nature and science.

Shelley’s unrivaled admiration for the intensity and dominance of the natural environment forces the reader to feel to take on that same perspective. This first stanza alone, essentially gives the reader a brief topographic and geographical analysis of the distinct features of the mountain, which eventually will be the foundation on which he forges his coming metaphors concerning human imagination. As the poem continues, Shelley concurrently reflects on the distressing supremacy of the ordinary world and it’s counterpart, the unseen vastness of the universe both inside the conscious and around him. This is where Shelley first melts the idyllic nature of romanticism with the idyllic concepts of environmental conversationalist

Romanticism, a literary movement that swept through much of Europe as well as many other countries throughout the world, carried a spirit, which in itself was a revolt against an established order of things- precise rules, laws, and dogmas. It praised imagination over reason, emotions over logic, and intuition over science, making way for a vast body of literature of great sensibility and passion. Samuel Taylor Coleridge was an English poet, literary critic and philosopher who, with his friend William Wordsworth, was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets. One of his phenomenal works is “Frost at Midnight,” which captivates a father’s love for his son and his understanding of Nature as an essential part of one life. J.M.W. Turner’s artwork, “The Burning of the Houses of Parliament, 1835,” drew many connections to Coleridge’s poetry, as both were highly symbolic of Nature, while following the other tenants of Romanticism. While Turner’s artwork and Coleridge’s poetry are quite different from one another, the different tenants of Romanticism, including Nature and the Development of the Individual, the beauty of Nature and the value of hidden concern and affection all help bring the two pieces together.

The romantic period in regards to the natural world had many accounts of divinity having an influence on the modern world. William Blake and his crazy yet visionary religious views implied the world followed the human form; all of its’ mercy, pity and peace being in constant play in shaping our world. Percy Bysshe Shelley and the view of the world as a shift from spring and winter, how our world follows the ups and downs as the seasons change, making life and taking it in balance and glorious harmony. William wordsworth has had the idea that children are the most divine and loving, for they have not yet been tainted and taught the evils of the world and once they had as men and women seen and experienced such evils, only nature could show them once again the love and compassion of the natural world. The romantic writers expressed deep theories and ideas that followed into other aspects of life, including later writers.

William Blake, a poet that strongly believed in the power of mind, once wrote, "if we see with imagination, we see all things in the infinite." The Romantic poets use their imagination when gazing at nature, and therefore see and feel the infinite through their poetry. William Wordsworth expresses the serene beauty that nature possesses and its calming effects on the mind. Samuel Taylor Coleridge, one of the poetic geniuses of the age, uses nature and his imagination to create surreal atmospheres. Another Romantic poet, by the name of Percy Bysshe Shelley, shows great longing for the freedom that nature possesses and the freeing effect it has on him. These poets of the Romantic period look at nature from a higher consciousness