The Theme Of Romanticism In Mary ShelleysFrankenstein

Throughout the world scientists are making breakthroughs in science; CRISPR, gene therapy, and cloning, these discoveries affect how people perceive the world and what they can do with it. Even so, have people ever stopped to question what this could mean for everyone? Are people breaking and corrupting the natural world to the point of irrevocable damage? One book, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, is both a great example and warning to readers about such morals. In the book, Mary Shelley uses concepts from Romanticism to help us understand her message. She then asserts her own ideas through use of perspective and tone in her story, which is then accentuated by uses of hyperbole. The message? Nature and natural laws should be left untouched†¦show more content†¦Mary Shelley then introduces the creature, a contrary view created to juxtapose to Doctor Frankenstein’s perspective, something that Frankenstein created. The creature told Frankenstein Cursed, cursed creator!â₠¬  and he then thought why he did â€Å"not extinguish the spark of existence which you [Frankenstein] had so wantonly bestowed?(pg 124) This presents the reader with a tone that is grave and tormented, one that makes it seem that humankinds interference in science is terrible. With the unnatural being, the creature, saying that he wishes that his existence would either end, or be made natural, with the creation of an opposing gender.The creator, Frankenstein, the natural being, reflects, and thinks that his â€Å"career, now serves only to plunge† himself even â€Å"lower in the dust ... like the archangel who aspired to omnipotence† he is â€Å"chained to an eternal hell. (pg 198) Mary Shelley is using these two contrasting opinions on science, to create very different tones, which clarify her message, and when shown that both believe that the unnatural existence of the creature is terrible, and how it would have been better if he didnt exist at all, it clarifies the message she is trying to make. Overall, when paired with the