Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
"I shall be with you on your wedding night" (Shelley, 123).
The creatures warning to Victor was obviously not taken seriously. The threat of Victor's wedding night did not seem to resonate properly in Victor. The foreshadowing of the quote is clearly that the creature will be haunting Victor's every joyous life event. From this, Victor could have waited until the creature was dead before having a wedding even though Victor thought the opposite was a better idea. The foreshadowing of the quote initially sparked the idea that the creature would be with Victor to ruin the occasion and cause agony for Victor. In reality, the creature comes to murder the love and compassion in Victor's life. Much like other foreshadowing in Frankenstein, the events were mostly clear and all of the foreshadowed events happened as they were mentioned. The fear of Victor created by the creature ended up ruining the life of Victor leading up to the wedding. Lastly, Victor's fear of the creature he created allowed for his demise especially of all of his friends.
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