Eloquence

"I found that these people possessed a method of communicating their experience and feelings to one another by articulate sounds. I perceived that the words they spoke sometimes produced pleasure or pain, smiles or sadness, in the minds and countenances of the hearers." Pg 106 Since the creature came back into the story, he has surprised me with his eloquence. I have always imagined Frankenstein's monster as dumb and inarticulate. However, Shelley's eloquent and flowing style is not interrupted by his speech. This specific passage really surprised me. The fact that he could teach himself to speak simply by observing is neighbors is amazing to me. And he not only speaks, he speaks very well. His grammar is flawless and his vocabulary is vast. Frankenstein had no idea what he had created. Earlier on in the chapter, the creature describes when he discovered that he was ugly. This really surprised me. It makes the creature almost seem human.