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Alliteration In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Playing God

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Frankenstein additionally utilizes alliteration when he says, 'great God'. He is likewise cursing which was viewed as a terrible sin around then. The connection can then be made with Frankenstein playing God by making a human. "God" is a monosyllabic word so the audience’s attention is hooked.. The accentuation likewise does this since exclamation marks are set after short phrases. Frankenstein made arrangements for the creature's components to be 'wonderful'. This passes on a striking picture that stands out from Victor mockingly rehashing wonderful. This accentuates empathy for the beast since Frankenstein infers that the creature is a terrible joke. This guides the audience to sympathize with him. This quote likewise demonstrates that Victor

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