Frankenstein
By: Mary Shelley
In her writing, Mary Shelley uses a variety of literary techniques. From the structure of sentences to the representation of words, every element is strategic and meaningful. Once such element, personification, is used constantly to create a more powerful yet weak representation of death.
Victor Frankenstein, determined to break the bonds of death to life, personifies this destiny and course he takes as an unchangeable woman. "Destiny was too potent, and her immutable laws had decreed my utter and terrible destruction (Page 23)." Through this personification, Frankenstein suggests that the consequences of his actions were thus not his own fault, but that of "destiny's" and that of unchangeable fate. Mary Shelley further uses personification to describe both the "Angel of Life" and the "Angel of Destruction." The Angel of Life is viewed as Frankenstein's apprehensions towards science which nearly guided him away from the unavoidable destiny that controlled his life (Page 23). This destiny gained power through the Angel of Destruction which was chance and evil influence (Page 25). Thus, through the technique of personification, Frankenstein attempts to remove himself from his own past and course through death. He presents death as a separate being, powerful in its ability to manipulate and trick people, but weak in its own inherit death.
Victor Frankenstein, determined to break the bonds of death to life, personifies this destiny and course he takes as an unchangeable woman. "Destiny was too potent, and her immutable laws had decreed my utter and terrible destruction (Page 23)." Through this personification, Frankenstein suggests that the consequences of his actions were thus not his own fault, but that of "destiny's" and that of unchangeable fate. Mary Shelley further uses personification to describe both the "Angel of Life" and the "Angel of Destruction." The Angel of Life is viewed as Frankenstein's apprehensions towards science which nearly guided him away from the unavoidable destiny that controlled his life (Page 23). This destiny gained power through the Angel of Destruction which was chance and evil influence (Page 25). Thus, through the technique of personification, Frankenstein attempts to remove himself from his own past and course through death. He presents death as a separate being, powerful in its ability to manipulate and trick people, but weak in its own inherit death. 
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