"I shall be with you on your wdding-night" -pg. 141
This quote, repeated several times throughout these chapters, is one of my favorites because it is open for interpretation. That also means it is psychologically tormenting Victor and also creates suspense through its foreshadowing. First of all, (this is gonna sound dark) I love how the creature is taunting Victor which causes him to agonize over this quote. The fact that the creature is getting inside Victor's head is cruel and amusing at the same time, as well as ironic since the creature is attacking Victor with his own creation, himself. Anyhoo, this quote obviously creates suspense because the reader knows the creature will follow through on his promise and that something, probably something bad- no wedding gift :( "I BROUGHT A TOASTER"- will happen, and we don't know what. We just know the monster is now out for blood and revenge, and will stop at nothing to make Victor miserable, which always makes for a good story. Lastly, this is foreshadowing because something terrible does happen on his wedding night, Elizabeth's murder.
Side note- I think it's brilliant that Victor was like, "Stay here, Elizabeth, by yourself, all alone, with a bloodthirsty monster coming to get you....while I go check on things outside." For a genius scientist who created life from a bunch of dead peoples' parts, he doesn't seem to have a whole lot of common sense.
This quote, repeated several times throughout these chapters, is one of my favorites because it is open for interpretation. That also means it is psychologically tormenting Victor and also creates suspense through its foreshadowing. First of all, (this is gonna sound dark) I love how the creature is taunting Victor which causes him to agonize over this quote. The fact that the creature is getting inside Victor's head is cruel and amusing at the same time, as well as ironic since the creature is attacking Victor with his own creation, himself. Anyhoo, this quote obviously creates suspense because the reader knows the creature will follow through on his promise and that something, probably something bad- no wedding gift :( "I BROUGHT A TOASTER"- will happen, and we don't know what. We just know the monster is now out for blood and revenge, and will stop at nothing to make Victor miserable, which always makes for a good story. Lastly, this is foreshadowing because something terrible does happen on his wedding night, Elizabeth's murder.
Side note- I think it's brilliant that Victor was like, "Stay here, Elizabeth, by yourself, all alone, with a bloodthirsty monster coming to get you....while I go check on things outside." For a genius scientist who created life from a bunch of dead peoples' parts, he doesn't seem to have a whole lot of common sense.
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