Imagery In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

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The Imagery that Shelley uses to show how he created the monster and how much work it takes is very clear. Victor had been working on this for almost two years. He says “For this I had deprived myself of rest and health” (Shelley 43). Victor has put tons and tons of work into building this creature. The use of imagery in this passage describing how he felt when trying to build this creature, makes the readers understand how much time and effort victor has put into this. When the creature started to wake up, “I started from my sleep with horror; a cold dew covered my forehead, my teeth chattered, and every limb became convulsed” (Shelley 44). The use of Imagery here is that as you read it, you can just see how he reacts and feels as the creature

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