Frankenstein And Boule De Suif – Differences Between Romanticism And Realism As Aesthetic Movements
Romanticism and Frankenstein
Romanticism in Frankenstein is surely visible through the dominance of the plot where events with drama lay. There is an intrigued structure of unlike events that take place in this novel. Mary Shelley has narrated the story very beautifully through words and metaphoric comparison of happenings. The novel consists of metaphoric significance and exaggeration in expression.
Romanticism is imposed as a literary movement in this novel where the reader is forced to create images and visionary imaginations to feel the actual essence of the event taking place. Mary Shelley has captured sublime of moments and has represented them through words. When the audience read the text, they are able to create collective imagination in order to understand new ways of interpreting the world and humans of the society where they live in. The more personal are the experiences, the better is the representation. However, the story of Frankenstein was not the personal experience of the author but still, she was able to craft this piece of romantic text with initiating gothic elements to make it more fascinating and redefining the text.
The novel portrays a quest for something unusual i.e. Victor Frankenstein’s quest for creating a living organism out of something raw. He reflects romanticism by making an effort for the creation of a human-like object. Victor Frankenstein wants to be God-like and creator of the unknown. Hence, it is strange and exotic for him to be a dreamer willing to control the world with unattainable idealization. …