Before the Romantic period, people lived during the Industrial Revolution. ... For Frankenstein the price was loss of those he loved the most and eventually of his own sole. ... Tabula Rosa is a very Romantic idea and it means that everyone is born with a clean slate. ... As he goes out into the world around him, he becomes an anti-Romantic. ... The monster loves nature and the beauty of it but nature still mocks him when he is transferred in to an anti-romantic. ...

• Word Count: 823
• Approx Pages: 3

Not being one of the great literary minds of the ages, when I thought of the Romantic Era or Romanticism, I envisioned novels jam-packed with smarmy love stories full of woe. ... While the Romantic Era did have some love stories in them, its origins traced back to the mid-18th century when people became interested in folklore. ... The most popular orchestral music was from the Romantic Era. ... The Romantic Era especially influenced writers, such as Poe, both Bronte sisters, and even Mary Shelley, who wrote Frankenstein (which was hardly my idea of aromantic? ... Although it did have its disse...

• Word Count: 293
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

The novel touches several powerful themes: love and hate, appearances vs. reality, innocence and guilt, whether real or imagined, compassion and hard-heartedness, nature vs. nurture. ... However, it was the French revolution which began the Romantic era and is one of the main factors of the bringing about of this novel; this is because without Romantic ideals the novel would have simply not worked. ... The Romantic Period was known for a change in the direction of the thinking process. ... In all, Romantic ideals were further pushed and given explanation by this story. ... This is because Mary...

• Word Count: 1062
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Unlike other Gothic novels of the time, however, Frankenstein also includes elements of Romantic writing. This novel takes you through love, romance, and terror, in a gothic style. ... Mary Shelley is a great example of a writer who is the product of the Romantic era. ... Mary Shelly does a great job of keeping your interest and carry the gothic romantic theme through out the book, without become tedious and redundant. ...

• Word Count: 817
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

In Frankenstein, Shelley explores the transgression of the natural order in the Romantic ideal by humanity's ongoing pursuit of progress and knowledge, a consequence of the Enlightenment Era and the Industrial Revolution. ... The connotation of "penetrate the secrets of nature" reflects the Romantic concern that specific aspiration was an exploitative violation of nature. ... At birth, Victor's creation reflects the Lockean "blank slate" concept as he begins in a state of innocence, exemplified in the metaphor "my soul glowed with love and humanity." He develops characteristi...

• Word Count: 1236
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Graduate

Here, the reader gets a broader view of Victor's characteroone that involves consideration of his loved ones. However, as he becomes enveloped by the pursuit of knowledge and the Romantic quest, Victor isolates himself and in turn loses sight of his need for love and association. This results in the reversal of the romantic quest, where Victor shuns his creation and ultimately hastens his demise.codc dcr sedcdcw ordc dck indc fodc dc. ... Instead, Victor's creation destroys all that he loves. ... We know, however, that Walton can empathize with Victor, as he understands the mesmeriz...

• Word Count: 5327
• Approx Pages: 21

Through years of hard study, Faust becomes knowledgeable in math, sciences and religion and yet he becomes inept and incapable of having any romantic or physical relationships with the outside world. ... Faust desires to create love and possess a woman, so that he can feel all that the world has to offer. ...

• Word Count: 764
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Another view point of the novel was a reflection of her fears about having a deformed child, or having a child that she would not be able to love. ... Both books were romantic Pot-boilers, and unfinished Mathilde in 1819 was published in 1959. ...

• Word Count: 853
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

When the monster read Plutarch's Lives the monster learned about models of human conduct; the monster states, "Plutarch taught me high thoughts; he elevated me above the wretched sphere of my own reflections, to admire and love the heroes of past ages". ... In this time, the monster begins to read The Sorrows of Young Werther, which through the study of this work the monster gains an understanding of the emotional aspect of human nature and learns about the feelings of love and despair. ... Mary Shelley's mother tried to kill herself due to her unrequited love for Gilbert Imlay, the ...

• Word Count: 2479
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

In the Creature's case, due to his repeated rejection by society and his creator, the Creature turns away from his amiable persona, illustrating the significance of love and the formation of positive relations. ... Victor calls the monster malicious, even though he is the one who has not shown the Creature any love nor compassion. ... Although the Creature displays kindness through his actions and eloquence through his words, he is negatively judged solely based on his grotesque appearance, contrasting how Victor is loved and well-respected due to his more appealing exterior qualities, ev...

• Word Count: 1308
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

These discoveries link with Shelley's romantic views; she sees science as a negative subject which can both help and hinder. ... This shows naivety because from this point onwards the monster becomes an increasing threat to both Victor and those he loves as he says when he realises the monster is William's killer "Nothing in human shape could have destroyed that fair child". ... The punishment he receives is the monster's attacks on his family and the people he loves so Victor can be seen as being drained of his emotions because the monster does not attack him directly...

• Word Count: 1758
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate