Romanticism, a literary and cultural movement from the early 19th century, rebelled against its predecessor, the Enlightenment, which stressed logic over emotion. By valuing nature, the unknown, and the supernatural, Romanticism was based in emotion over logic. This was especially seen in literature, when authors would use nature to reflect mood, as is evident in Mary Shelley’s, Frankenstein. Shelley cleverly uses nature to not only reflect the mood of her characters, but to also represent the deep appreciation and awe that Romantics had for the natural world. In this novel , the traits : weather reflecting mood and the appreciation of nature prove to be of immense importance to the overall romantic literary components of Frankenstein. Where the concept of weather reflecting mood is where the mood of the central figure changes based on the characters surroundings or in some cases the state of the characters natural surroundings, and the appreciation of nature basically depicts the true emotions and imagery felt and seen by the character as it is described in a certain scene.
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The usage of the word “sublime” in the quote, meaning “to render finer (as in purity or excellence)” as defined by Merriam-Webster dictionary represents how much he truly appreciates the site of the mountainous view . He refers to the setting as “majestic and wondrous” (Shelley 32) which, helps paint and image of the elegant scene and it depicts how much he treasured the
The usage of the word “sublime” in the quote, meaning “to render finer (as in purity or excellence)” as defined by Merriam-Webster dictionary represents how much he truly appreciates the site of the mountainous view . He refers to the setting as “majestic and wondrous” (Shelley 32) which, helps paint and image of the elegant scene and it depicts how much he treasured the