Frankenstein: Shelly's Use of Romantic Aspects
Frankenstein: Shelly’s Use of Romantic Aspects
Romantic poetry is a type of poetry in which one unifies himself with humanity and nature. The era of the romantic poets (1790-1830) produced the substantial characteristics of ideal romantic poetry that still ring true today: nature, humanity, sublime, grotesque, and other aspects as well. Henceforth, when further poets began writing poetry, inspiration and ideas were pulled from the numerous aspects of romantic poetry. One inspired poet, Mary Shelly, took inspiration from her previous romantic poets, and wrote her very own book (using the fundamental aspects of romantic poetry, Frankenstein. In Shelly’s book, there are wide arrays of factors of romantic poetry that make her book come to life and her character’s as well.’ The way Shelley begins her book is of the style of the romantic poet’s itself. In the preface, Shelly’s inspiration for the book is depicted: she thought of it while on a journey in the Swiss Alps. One night, Shelly and her peers were telling one another German ghost stories while a storm rattled the gentle outside land. Listening to all of the ghost stories, Shelly decided to write a book creating her own monster as well. Her inspiration falls under two categories of Romantic Poets: Nature and sublime. Nature plays a key role in the inspiration for Frankenstein, for without the thunderous storm, Shelly wouldn’t have thought of such an idea for the book; similarly, the sublime factor also plays a key role in the creation of Frankenstein, for without the ghost stories, shelly wouldn’t have thought of writing a “monster” story. Next, the content of the letters in the beginning for the book also depict factors of the romantic poets. In the letters, Shelly writes about a man— Robert Walton, who goes on a journey by ship to discover an alternate passage to the North Pacific. At one point, Walton begins to eel lonesome and isolated, due to the lack of excitement in his life on the ship— he feels to
Romantic poetry is a type of poetry in which one unifies himself with humanity and nature. The era of the romantic poets (1790-1830) produced the substantial characteristics of ideal romantic poetry that still ring true today: nature, humanity, sublime, grotesque, and other aspects as well. Henceforth, when further poets began writing poetry, inspiration and ideas were pulled from the numerous aspects of romantic poetry. One inspired poet, Mary Shelly, took inspiration from her previous romantic poets, and wrote her very own book (using the fundamental aspects of romantic poetry, Frankenstein. In Shelly’s book, there are wide arrays of factors of romantic poetry that make her book come to life and her character’s as well.’ The way Shelley begins her book is of the style of the romantic poet’s itself. In the preface, Shelly’s inspiration for the book is depicted: she thought of it while on a journey in the Swiss Alps. One night, Shelly and her peers were telling one another German ghost stories while a storm rattled the gentle outside land. Listening to all of the ghost stories, Shelly decided to write a book creating her own monster as well. Her inspiration falls under two categories of Romantic Poets: Nature and sublime. Nature plays a key role in the inspiration for Frankenstein, for without the thunderous storm, Shelly wouldn’t have thought of such an idea for the book; similarly, the sublime factor also plays a key role in the creation of Frankenstein, for without the ghost stories, shelly wouldn’t have thought of writing a “monster” story. Next, the content of the letters in the beginning for the book also depict factors of the romantic poets. In the letters, Shelly writes about a man— Robert Walton, who goes on a journey by ship to discover an alternate passage to the North Pacific. At one point, Walton begins to eel lonesome and isolated, due to the lack of excitement in his life on the ship— he feels to