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The paper illustrates how, although "Frankenstein" and "Jane Eyre" have very different plots, both authors use weather and the description of nature to show the hidden feelings of the characters or alert the reader to upcoming events and changes in the novel. The paper offers examples that show how appealing weather or beautiful nature cause the reader to feel that positive changes are about to happen, while bad weather and a wild environment forecast negative changes.

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"Mary Shelley and Charlotte Bronte, like many other authors, use metaphors to help the reader better understand hidden messages in their writing. Although these two authors wrote novels that differ in a number of ways, they both used the same technique to make their books more understandable to the reader. Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein tells the story of a person who brings a creature to life and does not take care of him, which has destructive effects on both of their lives. Charlotte Bronte in Jane Eyre shows the life of a governess in nineteenth century England who has to face many obstacles before she can achieve happiness. The use of weather and nature as metaphors in these two books forecasts incoming events and help the reader understand the inner feelings of the book's characters."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Shelly, Mary. Frankenstein. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2004.
• Bronte, Charlotte. Jane Eyre. New York: Norton & Company, 2005

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