Personification In Frankenstein

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Throughout the literature Frankenstein, the author, Mary Shelley, uses the role of nature to create a better understanding of the novel. The author uses imagery of nature to create a mood in order for the readers to get a better understanding of not only the novel, but of the characters. For example, in the second letter written by the character of Robert Walton, the author uses phrases such as, “the land of mist and snow” and “the dangerous mysteries of ocean,” to create an unnatural feeling and to add to the suspense of the journey that sir Robert Walton is going through. Shelley also uses personification to create imagery as well. For example in chapter 9, it says, “Immense glaciers approached the road”, “Mont Blanc, the supreme and magnificent

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