It's a Hard Knock Life (for Victor)

Frankenstein
Mary Shelley

As Victor continues to tell his tale in Frankenstein, Shelley insinuates that Victor's road ahead will not be an easy one. Victor is soon approaching his wedding day where he will come into a union with Elizabeth. However, Victor is told by the creature that he will be there with Victor on his wedding night. Initially, I thought that this meant that the creature would taint Victor's children. As I continued reading, I realized that the creature was more making a death threat. The phrase: "I shall be with you on your wedding night"(Shelley, 141), is spoken by the creature to Victor. This phrase haunts Victor as he goes about his life after destroying the almost-companion of the creature. The use of the phrase above would be considered paralellisim because it is used frequently throughout the last portion of the book. After haunting Victor for so long, the phrase finally achieves a sense of truth. On Victor's wedding night, it is not Victor's life that is taken, but it is Elizabeth's life that is taken. The creature came to take Elizabeth's life and to leave Victor feeling abandoned and alone.