What romantic values are present in Frankenstein? (1 Viewer)

[Shoom]

Topic.

 

[hermand]

nature, nature and nature.

 

[Kwayera]

Not so much nature as nature vs creation.

 

[Pacchiru]

she makes a reference to coleridge's work somewhere in the book, doesnt she?

 

[Shoom]

Can I have many specific examples?

 

[simonloo]

Incest

 

[hermand]

Not so much nature as nature vs creation.

that seems to be all i've picked up from english in the past term. my teacher has this droning sort of voice, and every ten minutes he yells. i seem to hear a lot of 'nature' in the droning. i'm also thinking of it in comparison to bladerunner and it's pretty much nature vs artificiality, with a lot more meaning to it than just that but eh.

shelley focuses on the world around the characters, describing in minute detail the surroundings, and how it affects them, especially frankenstein and his monster.

 

[Pacchiru]

Can I have many specific examples?

look through volume 2; chapter 1/2

 

[Shoom]

What exactly is romanticism?

 

[Kwayera]

that seems to be all i've picked up from english in the past term. my teacher has this droning sort of voice, and every ten minutes he yells. i seem to hear a lot of 'nature' in the droning. i'm also thinking of it in comparison to bladerunner and it's pretty much nature vs artificiality, with a lot more meaning to it than just that but eh.

shelley focuses on the world around the characters, describing in minute detail the surroundings, and how it affects them, especially frankenstein and his monster.

What I got from it (and it was 5 years ago when I studied it) is humanity in the artificial (the creature), and inhumanity in the natural (Frankenstein).

 

[Sarah182]

Hmmm

Romanticism looks at the idea that through creativity humans can unlock the secrets of nature- Victor assumes the role of the creative genius.
Also the idea that nature can inspire awe and that it is complex- look for quotes as Victor describes the alps when he flees there and also the monster's awe at the beauty of nature when he starts recounting what happened after Victor abandoned him.

 

[Pacchiru]

What I got from it (and it was 5 years ago when I studied it) is humanity in the artificial (the creature), and inhumanity in the natural (Frankenstein).

nah, nature is actually mentioned a lot in this text in comparison to blade runner

 

[Shoom]

So the lightning is part of nature, this gave birth to the monster,
even Walton deciding eager to discover new land is an example of romantic thinking?

 

[Kwayera]

nah, nature is actually mentioned a lot in this text in comparison to blade runner

I never studied it in relation to Blade Runner. It was just a Romantic text for me. *shrug*

 

[Shoom]

How does letter one of Frankenstein establish the concepts of the module?

 

[hermand]

What I got from it (and it was 5 years ago when I studied it) is humanity in the artificial (the creature), and inhumanity in the natural (Frankenstein).

which is correct, but when you compare it to bladerunner [have you seen it?] the whole society is artificial [inc animals] vs. the nature in frankenstein. even though the monster shouldn't exist, it was made of natural body parts, whereas the replicants [the parallels to the monster in bladerunner.] are completely artificial. we're supposed to look at how two texts with many similarities [plot, morals, etc] have changed through time due to their contexts, so nature fits in with the context of the 19th century england, as much technology hadn't been invented, compared to the 20th [or 21st when it was set] century when everything is technologically based.

i hope that made sense, feel free to question if it didn't.

 

[hermand]

So the lightning is part of nature, this gave birth to the monster,
even Walton deciding eager to discover new land is an example of romantic thinking?

lightning?

we don't know how the monster was created.....

 

[Count Chocular]

the monster is like rah rah rah

then the girl is like no stop it

then he is like rah rah

 

[hermand]

the monster is like rah rah rah

then the girl is like no stop it

then he is like rah rah

wtf are you on?

 

[Count Chocular]

wtf are you on?

im talking about the Frankenstein derr