The eighteenth century was a remarkable time for humanity. The movement known

as the Enlightenment brought drastic changes in the cultural, scientific, and industrial

aspects of life. Rationalism and critical thinking applied to anything from art and literature

to scientific studies and technological inventions. The advancement was clear and inevitable.

Nonetheless, not everyone seemed to share the views of the Enlightenment. The upper class

Europeans, children of the Enlightenment, revolted against the rationality of the eighteenth

century and focused rather on imagination and development of potential as the key

components of life. Their fierce opposition to technology and industry as well as

unparalleled love and fascination with nature, expressed often in a literary or artistic form,

earned them the name of romantics (McKay 766). Consequently, Mary Shelley's

Frankenstein, being a centerpiece of romantic literature, criticizes the extreme uses of

science and technological advances by means of an evil monster, which despite being a

scientific wonder, proves to be an uncontrollable force, making life miserable for humanity.

was in fact concentrated to oppose the views of Enlightenment. Despite the disapproval of

race from ever expanding beyond its one member, the monster that he originally created. It is

eighteenth century was not ready for.

men become infatuated with their works, which in turn causes severe disturbances to their

absolutely nothing that he could do to become part of human culture. Frankenstein's

and dedication going far beyond the mere creation of something. Making sure of its proper

which is what the scientist desired, he would be unbeatable. Neither the monster nor

preserve his own existence and to get what he wanted which is only natural to living things.

humanity and only the desert mountains and dreary glaciers proved to be his home (84). "I

contemplated the scientist and added each successive mischief of his creation to his blame.

was not up to him to decide his fate. He is absolutely right in this argument, since it was the

it is those same qualities that made the creature so lethal and proved the romantic view that

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