Have you ever felt like you didn’t belong in society? In the book Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein it talks about a creator creating a monster and not accepting him for who he is and just afraid of his creation. So on the journey, the monster tries to find a where he belongs and acceptance from society. Mary Shelley chooses different types of word choice to create the imagery, tone and theme to make the reader understand the world of Frankenstein.
“Soon a gentle light stole over the heavens and gave me a sensation of pleasure.”(Shelley,91). The use of imagery in that passage was to imagine a monster in the darkness of the night to find himself alone and afraid but then he felt a sense of warmth and comfort from the moon light. He felt pleasure …show more content…
The tone of this passage is depressing but then leads to something optimistic and back to depressing again. At first the monster felt alone and dark “It was dark when i awoke; i felt cold also, and half frightened…”(Shelley,90) and hopeless. “I was poor, helpless, miserable wretch; I knew, and could distinguish, nothing; but feeling pain invade me on all sides”(Shelley,91) But then after leaving Victor’s dark and cold apartment to a forest in the middle of the night he felt a sense of security, pleasure and delighted while he was alone. When the moon rose in the middle of the night he felt warmness while the moon shined on him as the birds are talking to each other but gets depressed because he realizes that he can’t express his words to the outside world. The overall theme of the passage is finding where you belong to feel security because the monster feels like he is dangerous in society. “Sometimes I wished to express my sensations in my own mode, but the uncouth and inarticulate sounds which broke from me frightened me into silence again” (Shelley, 91) The monster wishes he can communicate with society without sounding like insensible. So he wants to be some where that is isolated from the outside world and accepted.
Through the world of Frankenstein’s monster you see the evidence of imagery, tone and theme is faced with isolation and having a sense of belonging. To find your place of belonging and
“Soon a gentle light stole over the heavens and gave me a sensation of pleasure.”(Shelley,91). The use of imagery in that passage was to imagine a monster in the darkness of the night to find himself alone and afraid but then he felt a sense of warmth and comfort from the moon light. He felt pleasure …show more content…
The tone of this passage is depressing but then leads to something optimistic and back to depressing again. At first the monster felt alone and dark “It was dark when i awoke; i felt cold also, and half frightened…”(Shelley,90) and hopeless. “I was poor, helpless, miserable wretch; I knew, and could distinguish, nothing; but feeling pain invade me on all sides”(Shelley,91) But then after leaving Victor’s dark and cold apartment to a forest in the middle of the night he felt a sense of security, pleasure and delighted while he was alone. When the moon rose in the middle of the night he felt warmness while the moon shined on him as the birds are talking to each other but gets depressed because he realizes that he can’t express his words to the outside world. The overall theme of the passage is finding where you belong to feel security because the monster feels like he is dangerous in society. “Sometimes I wished to express my sensations in my own mode, but the uncouth and inarticulate sounds which broke from me frightened me into silence again” (Shelley, 91) The monster wishes he can communicate with society without sounding like insensible. So he wants to be some where that is isolated from the outside world and accepted.
Through the world of Frankenstein’s monster you see the evidence of imagery, tone and theme is faced with isolation and having a sense of belonging. To find your place of belonging and