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Significance of chapter 5 in Frankenstien

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Look at the significance of Chapter Five to the novel as a whole. Focus on the relevance and effect of writers use of language to describe setting, character and what it shows about social and historical influences. When Mary Shelley was writing "Frankenstein", she was heavily influenced by events going on in society at the time. She was married to Percy Shelley, who also influenced her with his romantic poetry. Mary Shelley wrote the novel for many different reasons. One of the reasons was said to have been that she was playing a game to see who could write the scariest horror story; this is where she began writing the basics of "Frankenstein". Chapter Five is a crucial moment in the novel because this is where Frankenstein brings the monster to life. The chapter opens with "It was a dreary night of November". This is building up an atmosphere, and it...

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