"Softness and a winning mildness to her manners which had before been remarkable of vivacity." (42)
Mary Shelly has in depth characterization on almost all of her characters, going through their past as well as their personality types. This technique adds suspense to the novel because the reader knows that this character will become important to the development of the story, but do not know when or how they will play a role. For example, she introduces Justine in Elizabeth's letter wrote in early May. This is seemingly unimportant to introduce a new character, in a letter. Elizabeth could simply be trying to entice her cousin to go back home, but the reader expects more. When it is later explained that she is being tried for the murder of his brother, the reader is shocked because of Mary Shelly's characterization of Justine being kind and grateful to the family. This supports Victors suspicions of The creature doing it, because all that the reader knows about the creature is that he is huge and "seemingly" dangerous.
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