Frankenstein: Diction

       Mary Shelley uses a definite type of diction in her novel Frankenstein.  She uses a high level of vocabulary and is subtle when revealing new items of information.  She uses the language of her time, and the time the story was written.  This language is very formal, although her novel is still easily understood.  The monster especially communicates in heightened language.  He does this more so than some of the other characters.  The monster talks as if from another time.  " 'Thus I relieve thee, my creator,' he said, and placed his hated hands before my eyes, which I flung from me with violence; 'this I take from thee a sight which you abhor'," (Shelley, 70).  The creature talks in a more formal language than Frankenstein and seems to have learned this speech from reading Shakespeare or other literary works.  Shelley uses this diction to describe in detail the scenes.