Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is a novel that deals with various themes, including the role of nature in human life. Shelley uses nature as a positive influence on the characters in the novel. The novel presents nature as a source of comfort, healing, and solace for the characters. Nature also symbolizes the natural order of things and the beauty of the world. In the novel, Frankenstein, the role of nature heals One of the primary ways that Shelley uses nature as a positive influence is through the character of Victor Frankenstein. Victor is a character who is obsessed with science and the pursuit of knowledge. He spends most of his time in his laboratory, isolated from the world around him. However, nature has a profound impact on Victor. It is through nature that Victor finds comfort and solace.
For example, after the death of his brother William, Victor is devastated. He is consumed by grief and guilt. However, when he takes a walk in the mountains, he finds solace in nature. His nerves seem to automatically soothen as he took a stroll through Mountain Montanvert. Shelley writes, "The ascent is precipitous, but the path is cut into continual and short windings, which enable you to surmount the perpendicularity of the mountain. It is a scene terrifically desolate. In a
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The monster is a character who is rejected by society and has no place in the world. However, he also finds comfort in nature. Shelley writes, "I wandered like an evil spirit, for I had committed deeds of mischief beyond description, horrible, and more, much more (I persuaded myself) was yet behind. Yet my heart overflowed with kindness, and the love of virtue. I had begun life with benevolent intentions, and thirsted for the moment when I should put them in practice, and make myself useful to my fellow-beings" (Chapter 16). This is one common interest that was passed from Victor to the