Nature, our daily companion, our place of quiet and peace, our best friend, yet our worst nightmare, but what is nature, what does it provide and why is it so important for mankind? What do we consider as sublime and do we, the people, consider ourselves as sublime nature? At this point it is important to note that this essay will be dealing with a different approach to sublime nature. "So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them." (New Jerusalem Bible, Gen. 3.8). In the following Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is used to discuss if human beings are not only considered as natural but as the most sublime nature on earth. The focus will be on the two protagonists Viktor Frankenstein
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He is smart and visionary, hard-working and full of emotions, natural overall. He puts a lot of effort into his studies and tries to progress them for mankind's sake. As he is at his breakthrough he realizes that he made a terrible mistake. At that point you can tell that he is certainly still natural. Now Viktor tries to go back to rework his studies to get a better outcome but the monster is already born. The monster can be seen as people with more power than Viktor himself, more power than most of the other people. They ignore the fact that he made a mistake and that his invention is not yet ready to be used. The only thing they care about is the growth of their own power. Unlike Viktor they are already out of their mind and certainly not natural at all anymore but artificial. The evolution of mankind is constantly going on and even though there were setbacks we still keep it up. You cannot really blame certain people though. Viktor Frankenstein and his creature are hiding in every single one of us and we are yet on it to make a difference. Looking back at our history it is without a doubt that mankind is getting more and more artificial and the only thing that actually keeps us from going on in that direction is the one that suffers the most - nature. Depending on the fact that we treat our nature so badly, even though we deeply rely on it, just for the fact of getting more artificial inventions or keep our
He is smart and visionary, hard-working and full of emotions, natural overall. He puts a lot of effort into his studies and tries to progress them for mankind's sake. As he is at his breakthrough he realizes that he made a terrible mistake. At that point you can tell that he is certainly still natural. Now Viktor tries to go back to rework his studies to get a better outcome but the monster is already born. The monster can be seen as people with more power than Viktor himself, more power than most of the other people. They ignore the fact that he made a mistake and that his invention is not yet ready to be used. The only thing they care about is the growth of their own power. Unlike Viktor they are already out of their mind and certainly not natural at all anymore but artificial. The evolution of mankind is constantly going on and even though there were setbacks we still keep it up. You cannot really blame certain people though. Viktor Frankenstein and his creature are hiding in every single one of us and we are yet on it to make a difference. Looking back at our history it is without a doubt that mankind is getting more and more artificial and the only thing that actually keeps us from going on in that direction is the one that suffers the most - nature. Depending on the fact that we treat our nature so badly, even though we deeply rely on it, just for the fact of getting more artificial inventions or keep our