Frankenstein - Letter 1
Mary Shelly
Frankenstein
The novel Frankenstein written by Mary Shelly is a mixture of moral fable, amoral horror, political allegory, science fiction etc. It is published in 1818, reprinted in 1823 and revised in 1831.
In this letter, Walton describes the notion of his success to his sister Margaret. Walton says that he is far north of London. We are the humans and we have a common tendency to know more and more. Walton also wants to know more. He describes the pole as " the pole is the seat of frost and desolation, it ever presents itself to my imagination as the region of beauty and delight".
Walton wants to discover a land which never before imprinted by the foot of man. This sentence suggests the notion of discovery for Walton. In this letter, we can find the debate of "Romantic poets as escapist".
"These vision faded when I perused, for the first time, those poets whose effusions entranced my soul, and lifted it to heaven. I also became a poet, and for one year lived in a paradise of my own creation".
In these lines, the use of "those poets" suggests the romantic poets and the use of "paradise of my own creation" suggests the idea behind these lines. Walton tries to prove that romantic poets create their own beautiful world and live there. They don't have the experience of harsh reality of the real world.
In the last of this letter, Walton shares his feelings that he don't want to lose his life on the post road between St. Petersburgh and Archangel.
Frankenstein
The novel Frankenstein written by Mary Shelly is a mixture of moral fable, amoral horror, political allegory, science fiction etc. It is published in 1818, reprinted in 1823 and revised in 1831.
volume 1
Letter 1
To Mrs. Saville, England
In this letter, Walton describes the notion of his success to his sister Margaret. Walton says that he is far north of London. We are the humans and we have a common tendency to know more and more. Walton also wants to know more. He describes the pole as " the pole is the seat of frost and desolation, it ever presents itself to my imagination as the region of beauty and delight".
Walton wants to discover a land which never before imprinted by the foot of man. This sentence suggests the notion of discovery for Walton. In this letter, we can find the debate of "Romantic poets as escapist".
"These vision faded when I perused, for the first time, those poets whose effusions entranced my soul, and lifted it to heaven. I also became a poet, and for one year lived in a paradise of my own creation".
In these lines, the use of "those poets" suggests the romantic poets and the use of "paradise of my own creation" suggests the idea behind these lines. Walton tries to prove that romantic poets create their own beautiful world and live there. They don't have the experience of harsh reality of the real world.
In the last of this letter, Walton shares his feelings that he don't want to lose his life on the post road between St. Petersburgh and Archangel.
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