Chapter five is the pivotal point in the book, it's the point when Frankenstein creates the monster and his actions set off what's about to happen throughout the book.

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Frankenstein

Mary Shelley was a British novelist. Her father was a political philosopher and her mother was also a philosopher and a feminist. Her mother dies whilst she was a baby so she and her half-sister were raised by her father. As the daughter of a political philosopher she was exposed to many of his theories. In 1814 she began a romantic relationship with one of her father's political followers. She continued her relationship with Percy Shelley although he was married and later became pregnant with his child - for which they were ostracised - however their prematurely born daughter died. Later when Percy's wife committed suicide they married, and it was in Geneva, Switzerland that Mary Shelley came up with the idea for Frankenstein.

Chapter five is the pivotal point in the book, it's the point when Frankenstein creates the monster and his actions set off what's about to happen throughout the book. It's where he chooses to reject the monster and so trigger the monsters hate for Frankenstein.

On the night that the monster is brought to life the language used creates a setting that foreshadows what's about to happen. Starting with