In the story Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, the author utilizes rhetorical questions, similes and imagery to create meaning in the text. First, Shelley uses rhetorical questions to show Elizabeth’s emotions, “... when falsehood can look so like the truth, who can assure themselves of certain happiness?” (Shelley, 105). Elizabeth is frustrated with thoughts of whether or not ignorance is bliss. She is aggravated with people who can condemn another person when the facts are unknown. Moreover, people are described through the use of similes, “... Men appear to me as monsters thirsting for each other's blood.” (Shelley, 104). In the wake of a murder, people start to act like monsters. They blindly vouch for violence without thinking the whole