The Importance Of Balance In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Frankenstein, a novel by Mary Shelley, is a chilling depiction of a man who drastically imbalances the world with a creation like no other. In the novel Frankenstein, the theme that nature is a positive force until its balance is altered, contributes to the overall meaning: do not alter the balance of nature. Frankenstein, in parts of the book has a very good, positive relationship with nature when he is not involved with the monster. His “spirits, when unchecked by the memory of [his] unhappy promise, rose”(Shelly 108) and the “calm and heavenly scene restored [him]” (49) Nature is a fuel of sorts for people in the novel. They have to work with nature to experience this however. Mother nature replies with tranquility and serenity to those …show more content…
When confronting with the monster face to face, “the most violent storm approached”, and when he was chasing after the monster Mother Nature left him his “limbs were nearly frozen , and his body emaciated by fatigue” (50,9). As Frankenstein is involved with the monster, nature directly responds. Nature does not want to be altered, and it had the power to equalize the balance. Nature wants to keep its harmonious balance and it does not care which character gets in the way, or what terror it will bring upon those who make this grave mistake. Lastly, those other than Frankenstein are affected by nature's wrath. Robert Waldman, on his way to “unexplored regions”, he becomes “surrounded by ice” on his vessel(6). Their lives were in great jeopardy as the “situation was...dangerous”(8). In the eyes of nature, some things are meant to be explored, new lands colonized and the world more knowledgeable. But in other situations it is not, the world is not supposed to know everything and sometimes characters go too far. It is the keeper of secrets and the unnatural world, and will take measures against people in the book to keep its