How does Mary Shelley create a sense of horror at the creation of the monster in chapter 5 of Frankenstein?

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Task: How does Mary Shelley create a sense of horror at the creation of the monster in chapter 5 of 'Frankenstein'?

'Frankenstein' is a novel written by Mary Shelley in 1818. The story is about a young professor named Victor Frankenstein who created a being but realised that by doing so he may be putting his loved ones lives at risk, so he abandoned it. The story frightened many people as it was around the time of the industrial revolution and represented fears that many Christians had that scientific progress would go too far. Also during that time society was heavily influenced by the opinions of the church, so people didn't want to displease god by taking the right that only he should have. The novel attempted to illustrate what may happen if science went past the limitations it should respect.

Mary Shelley uses language to create a sense of horror. One example is the use of use was 1st person narrator an example of this is 'how can I describe my emotions at this catastrophe?' This means that he is amazed at what he has done and that he can't explain his feeling towards the disaster by using