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Diction In Frankenstein

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Mary Shelly’s, Frankenstein, is a novel of horror and nail biting suspense. Shelly’s purpose for the book was to create a sense of horror and she established it through the use of diction. Shelly first describes the creature’s “features as beautiful” then changes her opinion to “demoniacal corpse.” She implies the creature as a horrific scene to gaze upon. Using the words, “yellow skin,” “watery eyes,” “dun white sockets,” “shriveled complexion,” and “straight black lips,” it gives a sense of uneasiness and calm fear. As if someone were stare it, they would be paralyzed with fear. Although, the creature did have beauty such as, “hair…lustrous black and flowing” and “teeth of a pearly whiteness” it all contrasted with his less beautiful features

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