Nature And Romantic Ideas In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

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Mary Shelley's famous book Frankenstein tells the thrilling chronicle of the conflict between a mad scientist and his creation. The narrative intertwines the characters perspectives in a way that lets the reader connect and understand their emotions by shifting the perspective of the story from one to another. Mary Shelley brilliantly uses these shifts to not only connect the reader to the monster or see the story from two different sides, but also let Schelley express her love of nature and romanticism in a character. Mary Shelley makes a great use of the shift in perspective between the two characters in Frankenstein in order to express her romantic ideas. For example, as the monster is describing his first few days of deprivation and being “alive” he says that he used the moonlight as a source of comfort and peace. In the novel, the monster felt the “gentle light stole over the heavens and gave me a sensation of pleasure” (Schelly ch. 11). Surely this is no coincidence. The monster also uses very …show more content…
Up till chapter 11, we only see the story from Victor Frankenstein's perspective. Mary Shelley uses the shift in perspective from Victor to the monster to allow us to see a second side of the story. Before this, we believe that the monster is a horrid creature. we learn that the creature first only wants warmth and knowledge of why he's alive. we learn the monster went through a very rough first few days of being alive, even burning his hands in fire trying to understand the feeling of warmth. The monster says that after some beggars left is still and bring fire, he “ was overcome with the light at the warmth... [and] thrust[ed] my hand into the live embers but quickly drew it out again with a cry of pain” (Schelly ch. 11). These emotional segments make the reader Attached to the character and provides insight into their