Frankenstein Chapter 1: Romance?

As I read chapter one of “Frankenstein” I learn of Victor’s past as he begins to tell his life story. He describes how his father met his mother, who have a significant age gap, which isn’t as shocking as discovering that his mother intends on having Victor marry Elizabeth, the girl whom they “adopt” from a family in poverty that took her in after Elizabeth’s parents died. She then becomes Victor’s “more than sister”, and his mother is completely fixed on having them two marry. After reading I go to find chapter analysis videos to help me further understand the book. And from my research, I found the reason behind this book being considered “romantic”, the book is not referred to as romantic in the modern sense, but as “romantic” would be considered in the 18th century. Romanticism is a movement that was in the 18th century that evoked strong emotion and rebellion, something I can see this book has a lot of. This book seems to continuously fight the idea of rebelling against morality. Both captain Watson and doctor Frankenstein decide to go out and do something that has not been done i order to obtain knowledge of something the world has yet to know. However, perhaps there is a reason no one has considered reanimating a corpse, or venturing into the arctic. While people like Watson or Frankenstein tend to ask “can we?” everyone else asks “should we?”. Scientists like these are willing to go long distances to find out if such “impossibilities” are actually possible. But many others seem to question whether such inquiries go against principles of morality. Watson and Frankenstein seem to lack this emotion, making us question, is the creation the real monster, or the inventor himself?