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    Nature In Frankenstein

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    Through literary history, it is evident that nature is often used as a symbolic representation of the speaker’s or characters’ personal issues present in a text. For instance, “Macbeth,” William Shakespeare’s tragic play penned during the Elizabethan time period, employs use of this literary technique in reflecting the mood and human emotion of the story through nature-related events. Likewise, Mary Shelley’s Gothic-Romanticist movement novel “Frankenstein,” uses the natural setting as a reflective

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    control nature for their own benefit, humans have sentenced these animals to a lifetime of pain. Ethically, humans should respect the natural process of creation to avoid causing harm to other creatures. Mary Shelley presents this idea in her Gothic horror novel Frankenstein to show that nature is ideal when it is uncorrupted by society and mankind. When men try tamper with the world’s natural state, there are extreme consequences. By unnaturally giving the creature life, Frankenstein violates

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    Nature Vs Frankenstein

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    There is a lot of confusion in versions of Frankenstein over whether that is the name of the man who created the undead monster or if Frankenstein is the name of the creation itself. Of course when reading the book it becomes more clear that Frankenstein is the last name of Victor, the young man who uses science to conquer death while the creature was never given a name to begin with. Yet even with that knowledge it is easy to understand why it’s so hard to tell the two apart. Both have an intense

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    In Frankenstein, Mary Shelley attempts to show the harmful affects of trying to work against nature with the creation of the monster by Victor Frankenstein. Nature is a force that should not be tampered with, and when Frankenstein creates the monster, he is attempting to alter the course of nature and partake in the role of God. This is a common theme of books in the romantic period, because romantic writers focused heavily on nature. It wasn’t very common for there to be women authors however, so

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    uses nature several ways in this novel: The natural surroundings of this novel are shown to have restorative powers, do not harm nature for your own advantage, and as a method to seclude oneself from the real world. In my opinion, Mary Shelley is trying to tell us that nature should not be altered. Nature in the novel is used as a central theme to connote everything natural. Mary Shelley in the novel Frankenstein has used the theme of the appreciation of nature to show that if one defies nature the

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    novel, nature and natural things are in conflict with science and Victor Frankenstein’s visions of reincarnation. In his early years, nature is Frankenstein’s happy place and in his later years, to be outside is how he keeps his sanity. Frankenstein sees nature as a safe space because of his parents and how he was raised. His only truly good memories are at the lake and in the mountains. After the Monster has killed everyone close to him, the only thing that sustains Frankenstein is nature. Even though

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    noted physicist that science isn’t just the future, but indeed what creates the future. But what about Mary Shelley? A noted romanticist, Mary Shelley’s views may have been a bit different from those of Teller. In fact, Mary Shelley’s first novel, Frankenstein, might just be the best example of her thoughts on the matter. Throughout the novel, Shelley emphasizes the importance of scientific responsibility, and is clearly against science playing the role of God. However, this is not for any real religious

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    Human rules over nature and create modernity through the escape of the past. Latour’s idea interconnects in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. In the novel, Victor Frankenstein created a creature where he believes that it brings the idea of animation, to animate the inanimate. Moreover, Latour mentions the relation between science, humanities, and religion. The different aspects of the world creates nature; it is linked together. It is unethical of Victor’s wrongdoings of animating the creature then abandoning

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    and transports the reader to another world. In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Shelley describes breathtaking scenes of nature in immense detail. Her descriptions of the Alps and the destroyed tree relate to the pursuit of knowledge, power and the idea of “playing God”, by providing places of contemplation and comparison for a reader to ponder on these issues. The symbol of the blasted oak tree is a recurring image. Before Frankenstein leaves for university, Shelley introduces the great oak tree. This

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    between the unnatural and the natura,while the monster is repulsive, Natures is happy and soothing.and the one should be careful when pouring forbidden knowledge. Death,and despair force the character to embark in desperate journeys. During his travels , the only relief that comes the character's way is from Nature. Throughout the novel its natural surroundings have been shown to have therapeutic powers on the characters. Nature has the power to put humanity back into someone who the unnatural or

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