Nature in Frankenstein
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- Nature in Frankenstein
- Nature as a comforter
- Heals Victor in Chapter 6
- "A serene sky and verdant fields filled me with ecstasy"
- After Justine's death, Victor goes to the mountains
- "I shunned the face of man; all sound of joy or complexity was torture to me, solitude was my only consolation - deep, death like solitude
- Nature aiding isolation
- Orkney Islands
- "Remotest of islands as the scene of my labours"
- Nature as a reflection of Frankenstein
- Victor's transformation highlighted by the setting
- I thought of Switzerland; it was far different from this desolate and appalling landscape [...] Its fair lakes reflect a blue and gentle sky and, when troubled by the winds, their tumult is but as the play of a lively infant, when compared to the roarings of the giant ocean
- The discomfort Victor experiences is reflected in the weather of the Orkney islands
- Victor's transformation highlighted by the setting
- The island is symbolic of Victor's isolation and thus his journey to this place highlights Frankenstein's mental state.
- Walton has no one on his voyage
- "None to participate my joy"
- Orkney Islands
- "Maternal nature bade me weep no more"
- "The description of the mountain scenery, and of its effect on Victor is finely given" -Anonymous: Edinburgh Magazine
- Heals Victor in Chapter 6
- Nature aiding isolation
- Orkney Islands
- "Remotest of islands as the scene of my labours"
- Nature as a reflection of Frankenstein
- Victor's transformation highlighted by the setting
- I thought of Switzerland; it was far different from this desolate and appalling landscape [...] Its fair lakes reflect a blue and gentle sky and, when troubled by the winds, their tumult is but as the play of a lively infant, when compared to the roarings of the giant ocean
- The discomfort Victor experiences is reflected in the weather of the Orkney islands
- Victor's transformation highlighted by the setting
- The island is symbolic of Victor's isolation and thus his journey to this place highlights Frankenstein's mental state.
- Walton has no one on his voyage
- "None to participate my joy"
- Orkney Islands
- Romanticism
- Romantics looked withing their own natures.
- Power of nature and Tampering with the natural order
- Victor meeting the monster at the alps
- Describes Mount Blanc as 'Magnificent' and possessing an 'awful majesty'
- Possible punishment for trying to break the laws of nature
- Life and death appeared to me ideal bounds, which I should first break through
- The words "Ideal bounds" and "break" suggest an unlawful action
- Life and death appeared to me ideal bounds, which I should first break through
- The "awful majesty" of the mountain reflects the monster who is also "gigantic in structure"
- Possible punishment for trying to break the laws of nature
- Describes Mount Blanc as 'Magnificent' and possessing an 'awful majesty'
- Victor attempts to defy Natural order by artifically giving birth
- Life and death appeared to me ideal bounds, which I should first break through
- The words "Ideal bounds" and "break" suggest an unlawful action
- "Death and birth are hideously mixed in Frankenstein's "workshop of filthy creation" -Ellen Moers: The Monster's Mother
- Galvanism was a movement found by Luigi Galvani in which electricity was used to create life. This influenced Frankenstein
- Life and death appeared to me ideal bounds, which I should first break through
- Victor meeting the monster at the alps
- Nature as a comforter
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