Frankenstein's monster stands in an overgrown archway of trees and roots, with books flying around him and a mansion in a field at sunset.

Then if Frankenstein’s monster is first seen as a piece of nature that is not beautiful; Does that make Victor's identity not as beautiful as he may think? On the opposite side, if Mr. Darcy’s Refined exterior and emotional restraint reflect a cultivated garden— Does that make his identity more socially acceptable, but less emotionally raw? If these characters contradict each other’s prospective views, Then Romanticism asks us: Is beauty found in what society praises, or in what the soul reveals? And if nature is both wild and wounded, Then perhaps the truest identity is the one that dares to feel. See more