Nature as a symbolic woman and mother in Frankenstein
Nature is omnipresent throughout the novel and plays an important role. ... Right from the beginning, Victor Frankenstein identifies Nature as a woman:I pursued Nature in her hiding places. ... Indeed, since every woman is a potential mother, then, Nature, as a woman, is herself a potential mother. ... For women, it corresponds to an alternation between ovulation and menstruation, while for Nature, it corresponds to the different seasons. A woman is not fertile during her menstruation as well as Nature is not during winter.