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Constantino Gomez Pena

Professor Ogbara
English 1A
09 October 2015
Too Much Foreshadowing
I am going to unexplored regions, to the land of mist and snow, but I shall kill
no albatross; therefore do not be alarmed for my safety or if I should come back to
you as worn and woeful as the Ancient Mariner. (Mary Shellys Frakenstien
p.10)
Walton explains how excited he is about going to uncharted paths, this foreshadows the
main plot, as Victor Frakenstien dwelves in an unknown field, not of terrain, but the mysterious
undiscovered lands of science, reanimating a corpse. Also note that, Walton describes his
destination as mist and snow this simple line contributes to foreshadowing of a form of disaster
in the future. To explain, snow can symbolize and end to all things, for example, in Dantes
inferno written by Dante alighieri there are 9 levels of hell, the final level is encased with ice,
and where Lucifer resides. Walton tells his sister about not killing an albatross, which is a
metaphor, meaning an albatross( bird that appears at sea) when shot down by an explorer leads to
misfortune, but if spared grants good luck to any sailor and his shipmates. The metaphor Walton
uses about the albatross, demonstrates characterization of Walton as he means no harm to
himself or his comrades which also mirrors and characterizes Victor Frankenstien, given he
created a monster but, he did it in the pursuit of science, it was an act of scientific exploration
he didnt intended for so much harm to come his way.