Frankenstien

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley starts off with a sea-captain by the name of Robert Walton writing to his sister. On his journey he meets Victor Frankenstein who sees a lot of his old self in Walton. In seeing this he tells Walton his story about what he was doing and what he is up to. In this story Walton becomes aware of Frankenstein’s creation, the Creature, and the dues he needs to pay for this creation. This novel has plenty to do with everyday relationships and situations. In the Romantic Period writers seemed to focus on the everyday life and situations of regular people in other words, the language really used by man. The writers during the Romantic Period had a goal to draw inspiration to the common people. Frankenstein is a Romantic Novel in many different ways. In order to show you that Romanticism is present I will be focusing on the facts that Shelley uses family which relates to us, companionship, and human responsibility.

The Romantic writers wanted to reach out to the common people so doing it through family situations was a great start. Shelly uses family principles and situations in the story of Frankenstein. Family was something very important to people at this time and still is today. Especially, to the not so wealthy. Family is something that everyone has to confide in and to communicate with during those difficult times. For example, Victor Frankenstein came from a wealthy loving family that had so much pride and confidence in him. They wrote each other back and forth while he was away at school. Once Victor became caught up with his creation of the Creature he forgot his family. They became concerned and waited for his letters. Not hearing from him rather upset them, after all they were family. Another example of family principles was the fact that the Creature did not have a family or anyone to learn from. The Creature watched another family, the De Lacy Family. They seemed to accept outsiders and teach one another through love. Everyday ordinary people all seem to accept one another as the De Lacy family did. Expect they did not accept the poor hideous creature. Putting the De Lacy Family in this story does make it more Romantic because during this time most common people lived off what had and owned. When the Creature stole from them he saw it affected them. At this time every little bit of food and all the tools matter to these people. The whole family could in fact suffer over missing food and daily clothing, tools, and wood missing. Therefore putting family situations in this novel helped the common people relate to this story.

The Romantic writers focused on human feelings. Shelley uses many different emotions throughout the novel. I am going to focus on the feeling of wanting companionship. Companionship is to be with someone to share feelings, memories, and loving kindness with. These are feelings that any normal human feels and wants at one point or another. No one wants to be completely alone. Frankenstein created the Creature and abandoned him and left him in complete solitude. It must be a horrible feeling to left alone even by your own creator. Many people feel abandoned sometime in their life and can relate to that feeling. It is natural for humans to find a companion or a soul mate sometime in their life. We can all relate to the Creature on different levels. He expresses his feelings and shows great passion for things. The Creature tells his creator, Victor, that he wants someone like him to be his companion. He is so passionate about