Frankenstein-Ch. 2-24/Suspense/Foreshadowing

"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.

Frankenstein- Letters/Foreshadowing

"You seek for knowledge and wisdom, as I once did; and I ardently hope that the gratification o your wishes may not be a serpent to sting you, as mine has been." -Victor Frankenstein (pg. 13)

First of all, I think this is one of my favorite books I've read. I'm not really into horror movies since I'm a whimp, but this book makes it both interestingly terrifying and tolerable. It's definitely boring, which is a big problem with reading for me. Anyhoo, my literary term for the Letters section is foreshadowing, one thing that adds to suspense and honestly, a bit of confusion. In this quote, Victor is telling Robert Walton that his ambition for learning may lead to devastation, just like his did. This comment not only reveals that Frankenstein's quest for creating life was a success, but that it had a bad outcome. Obviously, his creation has "stung" him, so that begs the question, "Who, what, where, why, and how" did this to Victor. This foreshadows the story of what happened in between the creature's creation and present time.

Another instance of foreshadowing that creates suspense is when the men on Robert's ship see "the shape of a man," implying its freakish nature, driving a dogsled. This seemingly random event raises so many questions- most of them still unanswered. What we do know is that Victor is desperately chasing the monstrosity he created and is getting beaten.