Sublime is something of “very great excellence or beauty, producing an overwhelming sense of awe or other high emotion through being vast or grand.” Sublime describes something “beautiful or good and causing strong feelings of admiration or wonder.” Sublime is something so breathtaking and impressive that needs to be admired. Sublime can describe something in nature which will expand your thoughts and emotions.

In Letters written during a short residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark. By Mary Wollstonecraft writes in the most beautiful way. Her writing makes it feel like you are right there with her. In her travel book she uses the word sublime to describe the rockiness of mountains. As stated in, “Fate has separated me from another, the fire of whose eyes, tempered by infantine tenderness, still warms my breast; even when gazing on these tremendous cliffs sublime emotions absorb my soul.” It seems to me that Mary Wollstonecraft looks at the beauty in nature and the environment and feels such great emotion to it. It is like she has a connection with the rockiness of mountains or cliffs. For some people I feel like they see the mountains as something dangerous, lonely and not calming. It seems like Mary Wollstonecraft saw the complete opposite, it is like she saw the beauty of it. I think she used this as a connection of the mountains and the water to fertility or rebirth. Which is very interesting considering before her travels she tried to commit suicide. Mary Wollstonecraft also uses the word sublime to connect women’s rights and being a mother.

“Sublime | Definition of sublime in English by Oxford Dictionaries.” Oxford Dictionaries | English, Oxford Dictionaries, en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/sublime.

“Sublime.” Sublime – Definition for English-Language Learners from Merriam-Webster’s Learner’s Dictionary, www.learnersdictionary.com/definition/sublime.

Wollstonecraft, Mary, et al. Letters written during a short residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark. Oxford University Press, 2009.