In her book Frankenstein Mary Shelley does a good job creating numerous characters with significant depth. For example, in chapter one, Shelley has Victor describe Elizabeth by saying the following: “She was docile and good-tempered, yet gay and playful as a summer insect”(20). That sentence was an example of direct characterization. However, Elizabeth is also characterized indirectly, when she writes a letter to Victor. In this letter, she wrote, “I must say also a few words to you, my dear cousin, of little darling William”(47). From this, we can infer that Elizabeth is extraordinarily fond of both Victor and his brother William. Shelley had her characters describe each other in a similar manner several times; in fact, most of the first