Werther identifies with the whole of nature. He desires to exist "in a state of harmony with nature, uncorrupted by the progressive sophistication of civilization-(Road to Romanticism). Jean-Jacques Rousseau was the most influential philosopher of the eighteenth century, and much like Werther, he valued nature as if it were directly linked to his soul. " A deep and sweet revery seizes your senses, and you lose yourself with a delicious drunkenness in the immensity of this beautiful system with which you identify yourself-(Rousseau). Through out the text Werther expresses his soul's need for nature as if nature is the cure to all that ills him. One description of Werther's great appreciation for nature comes when he describes his feelings about the town of Wahlheim, Werther announces, "I Feel very well here. The solitude in these blissful surroundings is balm to my soul, and with its abundance, the youthful season of spring cheers my heart, which is still inclined to shudder. Every tree, every hedgerow is a bouquet. It makes me wish I were a ladybug and could fly in and out of the sea of wondrous scents and fill all my nourishment there-(Goethe 24). Compared to "Frankenstein- Werther was the one that soulfully valued nature. Victor would acknowledge nature periodically for its scenic beauty, but made no reference how nature was bound with his soul. Frankenstein valued nature for its scientific qualities, because he could manipulate its natural properties to assist him in his experiments.
Transcendentalism is another attitude of the Romantic era. Peckham states that "self is the source of value to be imposed upon the world, and self makes objects of other men-(Griffin). A person who values themselves as great enough to perfect something that god has already created, or one who feels it necessary to create a person in his own image, so that he can impose his own values upon them, is a person with a Transcendentalism attitude.
