Mary Shelley's use of language in chapter 5 shifts the novel from a hypothesis without consequences to that of a reality without  full control or understanding with very real consequences. Shelley's words become intensely descriptive, in order to provoke contemplation on the part of the reader. She creates a setting that both capitvates and horrifies the reader by revealing that Frankenstein seems to have lost all sense of reason, driven only by his compulsion regardless of the consequences.  Shelley firsts describes the monster in detail for the reader so that when she reveals Victor's description, his words are so confusing...'beautiful yet repulsive' they force the reader to question his true intentions.