Frankenstein

Similes from Frankenstein

"He came like a protecting spirit to the poor girl, who committed herself to his care"

"The saintly soul of Elizabeth shone like a shrine dedicated lamp in our peaceful home"

"........ for when I would account to myself for the birth of that passion, which afterwards ruled my destiny, I find it arise, like a mountain river, from ignoble and almost forgotten sources; but, swelling as it proceeded, it became the torrent which, in its course, has swept away all my hopes and joys"

As he hung over the coffin, his face was concealed by long locks of ragged hair; but one vast hand was extended, in colour and apparent texture like that of a mummy.