Nature
Pg 76 – Nature after the reveal of William’s Death
‘calm and heavenly scene restored me’
‘My own beautiful lake’
‘thy lovely lake’
Pg 94 – Nature after Justine’s Death
‘I was carried by the wind’
‘scene so beautiful and heavenly’
‘all was at peace around me’
‘silent lake’
Pg 160 – Nature after the reveal of Clerval’s Death
‘steep and beautiful forms’
‘drink in tranquillity to which I had long been a stranger’
‘the most beautiful scene’
‘divine river’
Nature is unchanging and everlasting and creates feelings of ‘calm[ness]’ and ‘tranquillity’ to people
no matter how conflicted or sad they are.
Nature is always described as a ‘scene’ which shows that it is something that is detached from the
rest of the world and is so beautiful that it is sublime.
Nature is described using religious imagery/vocabulary with adjectives such as ‘heavenly’ and
‘divine’ emphasizing that nature is above humanity and is powerful in its own right.
Nature is ‘beautiful’, no matter what part of nature and the emotions it invokes, nature is ‘beautiful’
and picturesque.
Pg 76 – Nature after the reveal of William’s Death
‘calm and heavenly scene restored me’
‘My own beautiful lake’
‘thy lovely lake’
Pg 94 – Nature after Justine’s Death
‘I was carried by the wind’
‘scene so beautiful and heavenly’
‘all was at peace around me’
‘silent lake’
Pg 160 – Nature after the reveal of Clerval’s Death
‘steep and beautiful forms’
‘drink in tranquillity to which I had long been a stranger’
‘the most beautiful scene’
‘divine river’
Nature is unchanging and everlasting and creates feelings of ‘calm[ness]’ and ‘tranquillity’ to people
no matter how conflicted or sad they are.
Nature is always described as a ‘scene’ which shows that it is something that is detached from the
rest of the world and is so beautiful that it is sublime.
Nature is described using religious imagery/vocabulary with adjectives such as ‘heavenly’ and
‘divine’ emphasizing that nature is above humanity and is powerful in its own right.
Nature is ‘beautiful’, no matter what part of nature and the emotions it invokes, nature is ‘beautiful’
and picturesque.
