"Over him hung a form which I cannot find words to describe: - gigantic in stature, yet oncouth and distorted in its proportions... never did I behold a vision so horrible as his face, and of such loathsome, yet appalling hideousness." p. 163
Whenever Shelley is describing the creature I noticed that she used similar adjective pretty consistently throughout the novel. The epithet she uses is predominantly "gigantic". From the very first introduction of the creature, he is described as having "the shape of a man, but apparently of gigantic stature" (p. 4). The fact that she always characterized him in this way served the purpose to segregate the monster further. By constantly commenting on his size, he is isolated more and is seen as an outcast immediately. I feel as if Shelley did this in order to make the point of how different the creature appeared, thus adding to his overall rejection from humans.
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