Given the deep connections to nature that Mary Shelley explores in Frankenstein, the principles and methodology of ecocriticism can be applied in many different ways. The interaction between humanity and nature is a concept explored throughout the novel, directly relating to a fundamental tenet of ecocriticism, “directly relating who we are as human beings to the environment” (Bressler 231). Because there is no “single, dominant methodology” (235) within ecocriticism, the extent to which we can use ecocriticism to engage with Frankenstein contains considerable depth. However, I will look at some of the main methodologies of ecocriticism to examine Frankenstein in detail and discover how the novel addresses the changing attitudes of humanity and nature in early 19th century England. Beginning with first-wave ecocriticism, the focus on 19th-century literature places Frankenstein squarely on the radar of the early period of American "nature writing" as well as British writers concerned with humanity and nature as an effect of Romanticism, such as William Wordsworth, John Keats, Samuel Taylor Coleridge among others. Mary Shelley directly quotes Wordsworth and Coleridge through the voice of what might be considered the most "human" of Frankenstein's main characters, Victor. While lamenting the loss of his friend Clerval, Victor references a passage from Wordsworth's "Tintern Abbey" to express the high value he holds for his deceased friend, highlighting important interactions between human interests and nature. Many of the images of beauty expressed through Wordsworth's verse show an appreciation for nature and its importance to human concerns, and an examination of the deep connections between humanity and nature that ideally should be...... in the center of the card.... .. it can cause the imbalance of what supports us and our subsequent destruction. Although Victor can control nature and bend it to his will in unnatural ways, once confronted with the natural elements, none of his science and ingenuity can save him. Throughout the novel Victor turns to nature for comfort, expecting nothing but return, and he expects the same throughout the novel, until his own death. This lesson is not only applicable to the time Frankenstein was written, in an explosively progressive period during the Industrial Revolution, but also to all generations and their relationship to human progress and the conservation of nature. Works Cited Bressler, Charles E. Literary Criticism: An Introduction to Theory and Practice. 5th ed. New York: Longman, 2011. Print.Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein. Ed. Paolo Cacciatore. 2nd ed. New York: Norton, 2011. Print.