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Nature in the Romantic Paper: An analysis of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.
The Eighteenth Century and Romantic period of Great Britain ...
Submitted by Chanti85 on March 22, 2006
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The Eighteenth Century and Romantic period of Great Britain were times of great change, for both the nation in general and for its population. The sense of expanding possibilities conveyed new perceptions to the populace regarding the relation of nature to humanity. Revolution, discoveries and new ideologies brought literature upon the world that to this day still resonates and speaks truth. This period of English literature and artistic development captured life and human nature very distinctively. The focus of this dissertation regards the transformation in the use of nature from one era to the next. In particular, nature’s distinctive representation and function, which is clearly established through the work of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. This novel clearly exemplifies the establishment of varying meanings and depictions of the sublime nature and how in the Romantic period, unlike the era preceding it, writers used the symbolization of nature to “emphasize creative power of human imagination and place increasing value on private experience and the natural world”(World Book Encyclopedia).
The Enlightenment
The Eighteenth century was an age of ideas. Reasoning prevailed over religion when people searched to understand political and moral issues. People grew tired of the outdated Christian doctrine and questioned traditional beliefs as they searched for a more established form of reasoning and critical thought. This led to the establishment of the Enlightenment movement in which the pursuit of knowledge was expressed by scientific method. Throughout this era, theories were focused on belief and piety, combined with “the objective study of nature and the physical universe”(World Book Encyclopedia). The momentum for philosophical examination was provided by “belief” and the idea that “laws” governed human nature. With the guidance of English philosopher John Locke, the notion of an “orderly universe” became prevalent. He thus writes about...
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