Foreshadowing In Frankenstein

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At the beginning of the novel, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, one cannot really tell what the outcome of the story will be because we are introduced with letters that steers us away from making any initial conclusions. We are not presented at first with the Creature or who Frankenstein really is so it makes it hard to assume anything at first. However, when Victor is presented, we see that through the way he talks about his life and through the foreshadowing, we can tell that something bad happens in the end. But, we do not know what that is yet. As readers, we have to make assumptions based on the things the characters in the book state. Therefore, through the lives and words of the characters, and clues from the author we are able to come …show more content…

The Creature then states in Chapter 17, “I will revenge my injuries; if I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear, and chiefly towards you my archenemy, because my creator.” By this alone, one can tell that the Creature will not stop until he gets what he wants. After a while of the Creature’s begging, Victor makes it seem as if he will fulfill the Creature’s wish. The Creature departs with hope, however, after deep thought, Victor cannot proceed with the Creature’s plea. He then moves on with his life and hopes that the Creature will not find him. However, the Creature finds him and tells Victor that he will find him on his wedding night. Victor goes on thinking that the Creature will most likely try to kill him, but little did he know that the Creature’s intention would be to kill his wife, Elizabeth. In Chapter 23, Victor states, “A grin was on the face of the monster; he seemed to jeer, as with his fiendish finger he pointed towards the corpse of my wife. I rushed towards the window, and drawing a pistol from my bosom.” The Creature was done compromising with Victor and wanted him to feel the loneliness that he has felt his entire life. This drives Victor mad to the point where he goes on a mission to kill the Creature once and for …show more content…

Therefore, he proceeded in finding the Creature’s whereabouts. This gives the reader the impression that the fate of the Creature will be at the hands of his creator. Victor says that many times he wishes we were dead, but it is revenge that keeps him going. Hours, days, and months pass by and Victor is still in his voyage across the seas to find the Creature. He cannot rest until the Creature is in his grasp. However, Victor becomes ill before he can even find the Creature. This is not an ending that anyone would have imagined happening. One could make the assumption that it was going to be Victor who was going to put an end to his own creation. Mary Shelley does a great job of pinning both main characters to each other and letting the reader decide their fates. Before dying, Victor begged Walton to fulfill his last dying wish. He wanted Walton to kill the Creature for him if he died in the process of killing the Creature himself. Walton is still in shock from the story Frankenstein told him and now this last piece puts everything together for

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