Frankenstein
Mary Shelley

"The storm appeared to approach rapidly; and,...it advanced; the heavens were clouded, and I soon felt the rain coming slowly in large drops, but its violence quickly increased" (49). This sudden storm began while Frankenstein was outside the city of Geneva. He was walking toward the place where his brother was murdered. This storm shows his agitation. As Frankenstein gets closer and closer to the scene, the storm's violence increases. Normally, as a person approached a place they associated with a tragic event they become more and more anxious. This is the case with Frankenstein. The storm emphasizes Frankenstein's anxiety and really makes the reader see how much his brother's death is hurting him. The harder the storm rages the more his inner turmoil grows. The storm also foreshadows the turmoil he has yet to face once he realizes that his creation was the cause of the whole situation.