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Frankenstein, . Focusing on the writer’s use of language to describe the setting and characters.
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Examine the significance of chapter 5 of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein to the novel as a whole. Focus on the writer's use of language to describe the setting and character and what it shows about social and historical influences. Frankenstein was written by Mary Shelley, when she was 19 years old. The story is full of horrific events which were probably influenced by events in her own life. For example, her own mother died just days after her birth and out of the four children Mary Shelley bore herself, only one survived. She was then widowed at the age of 25. Frankenstein is written in a gothic genre. Usually meaning that the story has a plot that revolves around mystery and suspense and include intense atmospheres and powerful weather. At the time the novel was written. People were God fearing, they regularly went to church and the church had a powerful...
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