Personification

Shelley's use of personification is abundant in chapters eleven and twelve. "Soon a gentle light stole over the heavens, and gave me a sensation of pleasure (page 71)." Here, the monster is describing what experiencing the sun for the first time felt like. It is disputable whether or not the monster is a human, but assuming that he is not, he feels just like a human. He even exhibits the same steps to development that a child would feel. The only difference was that he was in a huge body. He had to learn to speak, what different feelings were, and many other key concepts to life that are typically learned at a young age. For humans, the early stages include finding pleasure through many means, like simple feelings or visiting the bathroom for an extended stay. This is true for the monster as well. The feeling of the sun on his skin presented him with pleasure, which is the kind of reaction a human would have.