The name Frankenstein pertains to the fictional character that was featured in Mary Shelley's novel entitled Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus. It is important that there are numerous ways how to interpret and analyze the symbolism behind the birth of Frankenstein in her novel. For one, it can be argued that the birth of Frankenstein can be seen as a symbol of Mary Shelley's perception of the process of childbirth. Frankenstein's birth was not really that traumatic or shocking. It was the idea that a monster was born that could be traumatizing or surprising. Having conducted a thorough study of Mary's personal life, it can be found that she had a unique insight when it comes to the traumas related to the process of childbirth and parenthood,
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Wordsworth's poem entitled Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey shows how he loved to be with and in nature. It focuses on the story of a man who was looking back on the events that took place when he was walking with his sister about five years before. This scenario served as the plot setter of the poem. However, what is evident from the poem is the fact that the protagonist in the poem, which one can only assume to be the author, Wordsworth, himself, knew how to love and appreciate nature. Examples of textual evidence include the following phrases "and I have felt a presence that disturbs me with the joy of elevated thoughts, a sense sublime, of something far more deeply interfused, whose dwelling is the light of setting suns, and the round ocean, and the living air" (Wordsworth 01) and for I have learned to look on nature, not as in the hour of thoughtless youth, but oftentimes hearing the still, sad music of humanity" (Wordsworth 01).There was no direct reference to the Industrial Revolution in the poem. Therefore, all suggestions that the poem was a representation of a backlash against industrial revolution can be considered as the mere hypothesis. However, there is indeed some evidence that this may be the case and so far, the only merit that can be used to support it would be the fact that the protagonist that was described in the poem was a person who loved and appreciated nature and it so happened that the industrial revolution was coupled with the
Wordsworth's poem entitled Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey shows how he loved to be with and in nature. It focuses on the story of a man who was looking back on the events that took place when he was walking with his sister about five years before. This scenario served as the plot setter of the poem. However, what is evident from the poem is the fact that the protagonist in the poem, which one can only assume to be the author, Wordsworth, himself, knew how to love and appreciate nature. Examples of textual evidence include the following phrases "and I have felt a presence that disturbs me with the joy of elevated thoughts, a sense sublime, of something far more deeply interfused, whose dwelling is the light of setting suns, and the round ocean, and the living air" (Wordsworth 01) and for I have learned to look on nature, not as in the hour of thoughtless youth, but oftentimes hearing the still, sad music of humanity" (Wordsworth 01).There was no direct reference to the Industrial Revolution in the poem. Therefore, all suggestions that the poem was a representation of a backlash against industrial revolution can be considered as the mere hypothesis. However, there is indeed some evidence that this may be the case and so far, the only merit that can be used to support it would be the fact that the protagonist that was described in the poem was a person who loved and appreciated nature and it so happened that the industrial revolution was coupled with the