Examples Of Evil Forebodings In Frankenstein

“You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with such evil forebodings.”

I have chosen to discuss the first sentence from the first letter in Mary Shelly’s novel, Frankenstein. The word choices in this sentence makes the tone seem somewhat resentful. I feel that there is resentment based on the last piece of the sentence “...which you have regarded with such evil forebodings.” To me, this is someone who has been doubted and warned of failure by people, but chooses to prove them wrong. While doing so, this character doesn’t hesitate to rub it in this “doubters” faces a little.

The author uses the phrase “you will rejoice to hear...” which seems a little dramatic