Frankenstein theme post

The biggest theme of the book Frankenstein is revenge. The monster is created by Victor only to be abandoned by him and called ugly. Even though the monster is caring and empathetic, he is overwhelmed by the need of vengeance and, feeling abandoned and betrayed, wants his creator to be in the same pain he is in. To take his revenge, the monster kills Victors brother and Justine is blamed and executed. This is his first act of revenge. Through out the book, the monster kills Henry, Elizebeth, and in a state of grief, Victors father dies. Victor later promises revenge on the monster for killing everyone he loved and searches for him for the rest of his life. 

Tintern Abbey

William Wordsworth talks about this landscape around the Tintern Abbey. He paints a vivid picture of how beautiful and sublime the area is. The Tintern Abbey is a historic sight. It's like a view into the past while showing the effect time has over things. That is what makes this place so beautiful. This is similar to Frost at Midnight and Mount Blonc because all three describe this incredible scenery and how it can capture the attention of anyone, teach them, and apear godlike. They all use intense, descriptive words like sublime, tranquil, and beauteous to show how this scenery can change a person with just one look. I think these three poems are good examples of Platonism because they express how physical objects can teach the viewer and give true knowledge. 

Frankenstien chapter 8-11

In these chapters, victor and Elizabeth try to prove Justine's innocence but can't and she ends up confessing and being excicucted. Victor, feeling sorry for himself as usual, goes to Mont Blonc. The largest mountains in the alps. He stares at these mountains and starts feeling better from the awesome, sublime view. Merry Shelly and Percy Shelly describe the mountain as glorious and awful. This connects to Romantisism Mosley by the connection to nature and how awesome the writers say it is. The emotions felt when looking upon this magnificent view are outstanding and indescribable. And they cause people to feel insignificant and small. Seeing these mountains is a great example of encountering the sublime. This view is so incredible and breathtaking to Victor that he feels his problems go away as he looks up at Mount Blonc. But that only lasts until he sees the monster. 

Frankenstein and Romanticism

Frankenstiene relates to romanticism by his emotion over his mothers death. His mother told him before she dies that she wants him and Elizabeth to get married. This creats pressure on him. When she dies from a fever, he leaves Elizabeth and goes to study at Ingolstadt. He studies anatomy and death. Once he studies, he wants to creat a new species made out of different parts of corpses. He does this because the death of his mother had made him lose it a little and became obsessed. While he studies at Ingolstadt, he becomes very closed off and doesn't have any friends. The creation of the monster was the only thing he could focus on. He does all the planning by himself and even assembling the body parts. It was his own independent idea. His self expression of his creation was using his own idea and own personal tools to make his idea come true. And he sticks it to the man by his creation of the momster to make a new species in the world and not settle for the usual ones. 

Romanticism poem annotation

I believe the reason William Blake wrote contrasting poems on innocence and experience was to show an event taking place where orphan kids were cleaned, dressed up, and meant to march in front of people to bring attention to them and their needs. The innocence part of it is shown by the kids small stature and clean face and hair. They used bright colors and words like flowers, little, heaven, and harmonious. In the experience version, the poem is based on the same event with the orphans marching. Except this one focuses on the darker side of it. This time, the poet uses words like misery, cold, userus, and poverty. It says how the children are poor and crying. They are being used to march in the streets and make people feel bad for them so they will pay to help them. The phrases "and their sun does never shine" and "and their fields are bleak and bare" show how negative the poem is. They represent experience by the dark and strong words used. Some words like thorns, hunger, and eternal show how in life, you experience hardships and go through difficult situations. They take tolls on your body and can wear it out. Which shows experience.