Percy Shelley's Perceptions of Life on Earth

The majority of Shelley’s poetry that revealed his individual philosophy was composed in Italy. His philosophy was a combination of human power, love and reason, and faith in the ultimate ability of humanity progression. Shelley composed great literature of imagination and natural beauty given from the Earth to human.  Many considered his general actions to be abnormal, daring, and headstrong, but Shelley had a very individual perception of the human life and existence and the natural beauty the human race on Earth could create. Although Shelley questioned the Christianity religion and the thought of an All-Powerful God, he had respect for those with beliefs. He often tried to express his thoughts about giving all power to a God and the difference between natural power and a God-like figure. He was also one to strive for the perfectibility conception and it appears in his literature. While appreciating natures capability and beauty, he also saw the darker sides nature can produce such as death and destruction; natural disasters.

Mont Blanc is a perfect example of Shelley’s views of nature. This poem has a very keen examination of the natural world and provides great suggestion for what the humankind can learn from nature. Mont Blanc contains such power; Shelley also describes nature’s ability to exist without and away from the human existence. This piece of literature gives Shelley’s conclusion to how all living things, including humans, play an important part in the natural world. Mont Blanc also shows the general order of relationships with nature. He describes a trance like effect the mountain has on him with its great power and beauty. Month Blanc shows a cycle and with that cycle, Shelley describes the natural cycle of life he describes in many other pieces he writes.

Shelley’s belief in the natural world shows his great respect for the Earth and its capabilities. It shows that the humankind oversees the true beauty the Earth lays before us. He shows an overall terrific understanding for nature alone, without modifications humans make or try to give all the power to one specific God. In the majority of literature Shelley composes, he shows the natural worlds beauty and power and a natural cycle of the Earthly ways to producing and ending life in a graceful, yet powerful, manner.