Frankenstein 5

• “I contemplated the lake: the waters were placid; all around was calm; and the snowy mountains, “the palaces of nature,” were not changed.” (p. 67)

“The palaces of nature” is taken out of Lord Byron’s poem, Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. The poem describes the travels and reflections of a young man who, disillusioned with a life of pleasure, looks for distraction in foreign lands. Shelley easily relates Victor’s character to the description of this poem, as he often seeks for distraction in nature to soothe his mind from the monster that he has created.

(Works Cited)
"Childe Harold's Pilgrimage." Wikipedia. 29 July 2009. Web. 2 Aug. 2009. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childe_Harold%27s_Pilgrimage.

(Photo Credit)
Childe Harold's Pilgimage - Dugdale edition. Photograph. Wikipedia. Web. 13 Sept. 2009. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lord_Byron_-_Childe_Harold%27s_Pilgimage_-_Dugdale_edition.jpg.