Facing Reality In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

There are many times in life where there is simply nothing one can possibly do about a particular problem and constantly worry about it, causing one to have the mindset of escaping the reality of life. While one may struggle to find the success of facing reality, there is rather a decision that can be made. People tend to think of “romance” when romanticism is brought up, however, love may be a subject of Romantic art. Romanticism is the movement in which arts and literature were used to emphasize inspiration, subjectiveness, and the authority of an individual. In the novel “Frankenstein,” Mary Shelley tells a story of a promising young doctor whose name is Victor Walton. Victor Walton was devastated by the death of his mother during childbirth, …show more content…
Challenges happen in our daily lives, if we were not faced with challenges our lives would be considered meaningless. There are occasions where people tend to not think about the importance of their existence, but all it really requires is understanding the nature of reality. Mary Shelley narrates, “When night came again I found, with pleasure, that the fire gave light as well as heat and that the discovery of this element was useful to me in my food, for I found some of the offals that the travellers had left had been roasted, and tasted much more savoury than the berries I gathered from the trees. I tried, therefore, to dress my food in the same manner, placing it on the live embers. I found that the berries were spoiled by this operation, and the nuts and roots much improved” (Shelley 92). At the hands of the “monster” just like Frankenstein, we can consider that he is trying to understand his existence by the nature of reality. There are many errors that can be made daily in life, but regardless of the giving up, facing up to it may help one feel confident about themselves. Shelley wrote, “When night came again I found, with pleasure, that the fire gave light as well as heat and that discovery of this element was useful to me,” to give us understanding that the value of what you are given is something we should cherish because there is …show more content…
There are many things in life that we can and cannot have, in that, life would be just too easy and would not give someone an opportunity to learn about their failure and accept what they are given. In Keats poem, “When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be” centers on the idea about life’s possibilities and its ending, giving readers the mindset of how people to cherish the little moments in life instead of going straight to having the mental state of death. The poem reads, “Of unreflecting love;- then on the shore/ Of the wide world I stand alone, and think/Till love and fame to nothingness do sink” (Lines 12-14) indicates that if death is something one considers instead of facing reality, a reasonable way to ponder your death is to do it on your own. Although death is a strong topic of life, it is not something easy that can be talked about. Contemplating death is something that centers on the mind of one; giving up without thinking about the importance of life. The nature of reality is being shared as the “wide world I stand alone, and think,” with the indication that thinking about life is sometimes difficult for one and may be the way a decision is made. Cherishing life and facing reality can help aid the sense of death, however, people seem to think more on the negative side when the value of life is