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✹ One significant task of nature is to underline the emotional state of mind of the characters.

✹ The sublime natural world initially offers characters the possibility of spiritual renewal.

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✹ Science is related to machinery, lightening and also technology.

✹ Victor is a man of science.

✹  Science is seen as trying to harness nature and create it.

✹  Victor is consumed in his science and ambitions.

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❝ When happy, inanimate nature had the power of bestowing on me the most delightful sensations. A serene sky and verdant fields filled me with exstasy. The present season was indeed divine; the flowers of spring bloomed in the hedges, while those of summer were already in bud. (...) ❞

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✹ Nature is not so cheerful for the major part of the novel. One of the main themes concerning nature is ice and snow.

✹ Nature takes on a sublime character.

✹ The majesty and mystery of nature are invoked in the novel, especially in moments of crisis.

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✹ The creation of the Monster:

- Represents science.
- In it, science wins, but not in the end.

- Is presented as an unsurpassed feat of scientific discovery.

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✹ Nature is seen as a source of bountiful creation and healing comfort, and as a force of frightening power and terrible cruelty.
✹ Victor is a student of the new science of the Enlightment era.

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✹ Victor's obsession for science has interfered with the natural flow of nature.

✹ "Frankestein" was inspired by the Industrial Revolution and the Romantic Era.

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❝ (...) the day, which was one of the first spring, cheered even me by the loveliness of its sunshine and the balminess of the air. I felt emotions of gentleness and pleasure, that had long appeared dead, reviv within me. (...) and fogetting my solitude and deformity, dared to be happy. Soft tears again bedewed my cheeks, and I even raised my humid eyes with thankfulness towards the blessed sun, which bestowed such joy upon me. ❞

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✹ Victor's superstitious attitude towards nature is what leads him to the end.

✹ Nature is the place where the Monster has some self-awareness and figures out who or what he is.

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✹ Victor embodies the concept of unrestrained science.

✹ Victor develops a strong interest in alchemy.

✹ Victor believes that by creating the Monster he would discover the secrets of "life and death", create "new species" and learn how to "renew life".

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✹ Life and death are no longer a matter of God's Will.

✹ Shelley gives us an idea or warning towards science and scientific knowledge.

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✹ Nature is at once benevolent and diabolic, breathtaking in its beauty and shattering in its brutality.
✹ Portrayal of nature as a source of comfort.

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❝ Those were the last moments of my life during which I enjoyed the feeling of happiness. (...) the sun was hot, (...) while we enjoyed the beauty of the scene (...) ❞

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ꗃ 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒

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ꗃ 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒

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✹ Nature and science have a life and death relationship.

✹ Frankestein become less happy, less human and more miserable without nature.

✹ Nature is a more powerful force than science.

✹The study of the natural world is the study of God.

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ꗃ 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒

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ꗃ 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒

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✹ The reason for the existence of science is nature.

✹ Through rigorous and systematic study of the natural world, humanity can understand everything.

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❝ The modern masters (...) penetrate into the recesses of nature and show how she works in her hiding-places. They ascend into the heavens (...) They have acquired new and almost unlimited powers; they can command the thunders of heaven, mimic the earthquake, and even mock the invisible world with its own shadows. ❞

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ꗃ 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒

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ꗃ 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒

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✹ The Romantics see conflicts between the natural world and the forces of modernization and scientific progress.

✹  Victor represents "science" and the Monster "nature".

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ꗃ 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒

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ꗃ 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒

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✹ The imitations the scientists can master won't ever be like their originals in nature.

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ꗃ 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒

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ꗃ 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒

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✹ By studying the universe, humans can learn about God.

✹ The main focus on nature, which is wonderful, restorative and fearful at the same time, is a direct reaction against the forces of the Industrial Revolution.