Figurative language

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, author of the novel “Frankenstein: A modern Prometheus”,

wrote during what is known to many as the romantic era of history. This is a time when
the arts and philosophy thrived. Like many authors, Shelley was very descriptive and
figurative in the way that she wrote her novels. This type of language is known as
figurative language.

Here are some examples of the way that Shelly utilized figurative language in
Frankenstein:

“…ordinary occupations…”
Alliteration (Chapter 15, page 109)

“My person was hideous and my stature gigantic.”

Hyperbole (Chapter 15, page 110)

“… but it vanished when I beheld my person reflected in water, or my shadow reflected

in moonshine, even as that frail shadow and that inconstant shade.”
Imagery (Chapter 15, page 112)

“… the clouds had loitered in the heavens.”

Personification (Chapter 16, page 119)

“… the blast tore along the night like a mighty avalanche.”

Simile (Chapter 16, page 119)

“… the sun became heatless.”

Hyperbole (Chapter 16, page 120)