Nature's Model for Inspiration and Healing; Frankenstein and Me
" The very winds whispered in soothing accents, and maternal Nature bade me weep no more"- (Shelley, Frankenstein, pg. 48)
Natures' intimate impact in the healing of Frankenstein during his times of illness are impeccably powerful for getting Frankenstein well. There were many incidents in the book where Franeknstien would go temporarily mad after an unbearable event, and would escape to nature so that his soul could roam free and try to heal. After poor Justine's trial and death sentence, the most unbearable feeling of guilt falls upon Franeknstein. Knowing it was his creation (the monster) that had cost the life of both Justine and his brother William, he could not help but to be overwhelmed with emotions and go into a state of madness. So, to help his illness, Frankenstein escapes to the mountains of France, an area of pure natural beauty. Here he escapes to the nature of Mount. Blanc and Chamonix, relieving his mind and calming his absurd thoughts. This ailment was just what Franeksntein needed to forgive and forget his deeds, bringing him back to the Frankenstein his family knew and loved. Sometimes I too feel the need to escape to nature. It feels so good to embrace nature so that I can relief dangerous stress and unnecessary anger or sadness. I am not entirely like Frankenstein, for I have never had to deal with anything as mentally ailing as a murder, but I there have been times where even the smallest things of which turn me off can be healed from just soaking in the nature around me. I remember one time two years ago when I had gotten in the biggest fight with my brother. Being a twelve year old girl, it was the first really big fight with real meaning in it that I had had with my brother. I remember I was just so angry, so in need to get away. I was in Cape Cod, a beach area off the shores of Massachusetts, so I just put on my bathing suit and ran out the backdoor to the beach. Here I started to swim out, into the ocean all alone. My Grandma's house is on the bay, and there is a harbor of boats, so I wasn't doing anything dangerous, but I needed to swim out all my anger. So I swam out to family's motor boat and just sat. I soaked in the beauty around me. I sat there for what felt like hours, the beauty of nature surrounding me and healing my thoughts. Sitting there made me feel instantly better, and I swam back feeling much relieved of the most aggravating anger of which had beheld me only minutes before. At the time I hadn't really thought of it as the nature healing me, but as I look back I can see how the beautiful ocean and beaches must have brightened my mood. My experience was just like Frankenstein, both of us escaping on our own to nature where we could heal a most devastating feeling. It is interesting because before reading this book I had never really realized how constantly i use nature to heal myself. I have always heard of current nature healing movements, but I never really thought they were impaction. Now that I have reflected on both my and Frankenstein's experiences with nature's ailment, I respect and understand natures true power to heal.
Natures' intimate impact in the healing of Frankenstein during his times of illness are impeccably powerful for getting Frankenstein well. There were many incidents in the book where Franeknstien would go temporarily mad after an unbearable event, and would escape to nature so that his soul could roam free and try to heal. After poor Justine's trial and death sentence, the most unbearable feeling of guilt falls upon Franeknstein. Knowing it was his creation (the monster) that had cost the life of both Justine and his brother William, he could not help but to be overwhelmed with emotions and go into a state of madness. So, to help his illness, Frankenstein escapes to the mountains of France, an area of pure natural beauty. Here he escapes to the nature of Mount. Blanc and Chamonix, relieving his mind and calming his absurd thoughts. This ailment was just what Franeksntein needed to forgive and forget his deeds, bringing him back to the Frankenstein his family knew and loved. Sometimes I too feel the need to escape to nature. It feels so good to embrace nature so that I can relief dangerous stress and unnecessary anger or sadness. I am not entirely like Frankenstein, for I have never had to deal with anything as mentally ailing as a murder, but I there have been times where even the smallest things of which turn me off can be healed from just soaking in the nature around me. I remember one time two years ago when I had gotten in the biggest fight with my brother. Being a twelve year old girl, it was the first really big fight with real meaning in it that I had had with my brother. I remember I was just so angry, so in need to get away. I was in Cape Cod, a beach area off the shores of Massachusetts, so I just put on my bathing suit and ran out the backdoor to the beach. Here I started to swim out, into the ocean all alone. My Grandma's house is on the bay, and there is a harbor of boats, so I wasn't doing anything dangerous, but I needed to swim out all my anger. So I swam out to family's motor boat and just sat. I soaked in the beauty around me. I sat there for what felt like hours, the beauty of nature surrounding me and healing my thoughts. Sitting there made me feel instantly better, and I swam back feeling much relieved of the most aggravating anger of which had beheld me only minutes before. At the time I hadn't really thought of it as the nature healing me, but as I look back I can see how the beautiful ocean and beaches must have brightened my mood. My experience was just like Frankenstein, both of us escaping on our own to nature where we could heal a most devastating feeling. It is interesting because before reading this book I had never really realized how constantly i use nature to heal myself. I have always heard of current nature healing movements, but I never really thought they were impaction. Now that I have reflected on both my and Frankenstein's experiences with nature's ailment, I respect and understand natures true power to heal.