A Critical Essay of Jane Eyre and Frankenstein
The following is a critical essay of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre using Romanticism as a basis. First I must have a definition of Romanticism. I figured that the best place to look would be A Dictionary of Literary Terms published by J. A. Cuddon. According to this book," the word romanticism has come to mean so many things that by itself, it means nothing at all… It is a word at once indispensable and useless. The variety of its actual and possible meanings and connotations reflect the complexity and multiplicity of European romanticism."(p.586) In English, the definition was way too long for them to write down because romanticism involves so many aspects. The definition grew to colossal amounts where, during that time period, virtually every literary article could be considered romanticism. In frustration, I read on. "At the same time, in fairness, it should be said that the baffling and, very often, irritating part about anything to do with the romantic and romanticism is that it is very vague and formless."(p.587) I find that my frustrations are justified. With the risk of writing an endless paper carefully combing Jane Eyre and Frankenstein to find every aspect of romanticism, I decided that I
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Approximate Word count = 2113
Approximate Pages = 8 (250 words per page double spaced)
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