"It was a strong effort of the spirit of the good, but it was ineffectual. Destiny was too potent, and her immutable laws had decreed my utter and terrible destruction" (Shelley, 21).
As seen in the excerpt above, Shelley frequently utilizes foreshadowing to elevate suspense in Frankenstein. Throughout the piece, Frankenstein repeatedly refers to his ultimate demise. The audience is thus inclined to project the impetus of such destruction. Consequently, external conflict is magnified in the reader's mind, with potentially exaggerated expectations to account for Victor's end. This excerpt also alludes to the narrator's belief in destiny. This belief supplements Victor's incessant obsession with science and the realm of expected impossibility, serving to mirror the unrealistic conventions implied by the plot.
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Victor constantly mentions his fate in the story. He talks of how he cannot avoid his destiny and that it had been carved out for him. His desire for knowledge and his passion for science was so strong he could do nothing to avoid acting on those feelings through study and experiment. He believes he is headed toward destruction regardless of what he does.
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