Define how Mary Shelley's use of language, in Frankenstein, reveals that Victor's dreams have been shattered.

Up until chapter five of Mary Shelley's
Frankenstein, Victor's dreams have existed as the driving force behind the
movement of the text. Once chapter five hits, readers come to find a change in both his attitude
and his language (or Shelley's language).

The pain and exclamation
"felt" in the language is far different than language previously found in the novel. Victor's
dream, to create "a new species [that] would bless me as its creator and source" is destroyed
upon the "birth" of the Creature. Instead of being the doting father, Victor is horrified by his
"son."

"How can I
describe my emotions at this catastrophe, or how delineate the wretch whom with such infinite
pains and care I had endeavoured to
form?"

Victor's dreams have been
crushed.

Most poignantly, in regards to language, Shelley's use of
the exclamation point drastically changes the language of the text. In fact, she uses this
punctuation twice within the second paragraph of chapter five. The use of the exclamation point
compounds Victor's distress at the exploding of his dreams to create a being unlike any other on
earth.

No longer would his creation be one which would "bless [him]
as its creator and source"; natures would no longer "owe their being" to him; he, as the "father"
of the Creature, would no longer be able to "claim the gratitude of his child so
completely."