Romantism
...Mary Shelly led a rough life as a child. Her mother was taken from her at a young age, a disaster that had a huge effect on her writing. The character of “The Creature” in the novel Frankenstein was also haunted by the loss a mother figure. The Creature is rejected and hurt right from the start with no one to look after him. His “mother”, in this case Victor Frankenstein, disowned him at the point of his creation. Mary Shelly shows a part of herself in the portrayal of The Creature. Her experience growing up is once again shown when discussing the events of The Creature. Shelly does not only give one character this trait, however, as she also gives Victor Frankenstein the same quality. Victor’s mother was taken from him due to illness when Victor was still rather young. This is almost the exact same way that Shelly’s mother was taken from her. This shows how Shelly puts her own qualities into the lives of the characters in her novel. Romanticism is also shown through the works of William Blake. Blake takes a different route when defining Romanticism. Instead of portraying himself in forms of characters, he focuses more on the beauty of nature. His focus on the beauty of nature is centralized in his Songs of Innocence. The Songs of Innocence truly exemplifies what a Romantic poet believes in. These poems focus on the beauty of being a child, the beauty of nature as a whole, as...