Potential explanations or answers to current philosophical dilemmas are often presented through temporally relevant literary works. The Romantic era of the late 18th and early 19th centuries is characterized as a period in history during which the aristocratic social and political norms of the Enlightenment era were radically studied and challenged. For enlightened thinkers, the idea of ​​“being” was composed of three essential parts: the true, the beautiful and the good. Isaac Newton's contributions to the scientific method were fascinating in that they seemed to provide truths about quantitative matter. Yet his science has failed to provide us with knowledge of all qualitative issues, such as morality and aesthetics. With Newton's laws held in such high esteem, the model of being was broken down simply into the "true" scientific knowledge that is recognized and confirmed by his laws of motion, then excluding all subjects on which the objective of Newton couldn't be singled out. It is obvious that problems will arise following Newton's progress. Qualitative questions could not be explained by Newton's science, creating a sense of perplexity. People began to question whether certain quantitative questions really applied to all aspects of life. Rousseau, whose writings contributed enormously to romanticism, proposed a new model of "being", which would later be confirmed by Kant and Schiller. His new model reinforced enlightened ideas of being and allowed the application of the term “being” to both the quantitative and the qualitative. Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" provides an explanation of the struggle for "true being" between enlightened and romantic thinkers while illustrating romantic thinking about the pursuit of p...... middle of paper ...... the significance of the philosophical dilemma between Enlightened and Romantic thinkers is illustrated by Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. This symbolic work of literature gives readers insight into the problems that philosophers of the time faced when approaching the idea of ​​true being. Through the monster, the townspeople, and Walton, we can gain a complete understanding of the situation that Rousseau, Kant, and Schiller faced. Ultimately, it is clear that to experience true being and beauty one must not rely solely on Newton's scientific prism, but one must also understand quantitative issues such as morals and ethics. Works Cited Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, Angela Scholar and Patrick Coleman. Confessions. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2000. Print. Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft and Joseph Pearce. Frankenstein. San Francisco: Ignatius, 2008. Print.