The Role Of Nature And Science In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

In Frankenstein, Nature and science have brought a significant impact onto the characters. The progression of science combined with nature leads to a debacle. With this, there are various effects and roles shown through nature and science. Mary Shelley expresses her message about this. In her times, she was part of the transition from the Enlightenment to the Romanticist age and this led her to composing a story with nature and science competing against each other. From the struggles between the two sides, to the story of Frankenstein and the roles the characters played, and even the reasoning behind Shelley’s ideas during that time period, all of these played a role onto mankind. Nature may cause one event to happen, while science will also cause a different event to happen. …show more content…
Although both have affected mankind, nature and science lead to different effects. Nature has an emotional touch, while science is more logical. This can be seen in Frankenstein where Victor is always in the wilderness, and because of this, it leads him into deep thoughts with feelings of sadness, guilt, and worry, especially after being victimized by the monster who killed most of his relatives. A quote from Frankenstein shows this “You seek for knowledge and wisdom as I once did; and I ardently hope that the gratification of your wishes may not be a serpent to sting you, as mine has been.” (Shelley 22). Science, on the other hand, is what caused Frankenstein to become lost in between a cross fire of nature and science which led to the creature being