Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
FORESHADOWING: the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot
The foreshadowing in this story is insane. The way the author set it up is so suspenseful. At the end of every chapter you cant help but continue to read on and see what happened. The fact that the whole book is a frame story adds to the foreshadowing too. There are about three different stories inside of the one whole story. Walton tells a story to his sister which involves the story of Victor Frankenstein and in his story is yet another story of the creature. It is literally the longest letter I think I have ever read. I don't know how Walton's sister continued to read the whole thing. Right when you would get to a good part, the plot would change and you would get the whole life story of some other character that helps form the main story. A specific time when foreshadowing occurred that I liked was when the creature said, "I shall be with you on your wedding-night" (Shelley 123). This sentence is so creepy and you can just tell something terrible is going to happen on his wedding night. Victor thinks that it will be his death that the creature is causing, but little does he know, he is in for a much bigger treat. His wife is murdered which in turn causes his father to slowly die off and Victor is left with virtually no family or friends. What a delightful little story.
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