Frankenstein~Diction

"I returned home, not disappointed, for I have said that I had long considered those authors useless whom the professor reprobated; but I returned, not at all the more inclined to recur to these studies in any shape." Shelley uses the language of the time throughout the novel. The diction also suggests that the characters are from London, which they are. Because of the vocabulary, the reader can tell that the story was written a number of centuries ago as well. The diction is also that of an educated person. This is fitting in that Victor is a 'doctor,' Dr. Frankenstein. Diction plays a vital role in a story in setting the scene for the reader and allowing the reader to fully experience the story. Shelley does a good job incorporating the language of the time and the language of the characters in order to better portray the story to the reader. The old English diction is used throughout the first half of the novel.