The author of Frankenstein, Mary Shelly, foreshadows that the monster will kill more people. After the monster has gotten Victor into his cave to talk, he tales the story of how he was the true murderer of his brother William, and then proceeded to setup Justine as the murderer. Justine is convicted of murdering William and is put to death. After the monster tells Victor his side of the story, he has this to say, "Thus spoke my prophetic soul, as, torn by remorse, horror, and despair, I beheld thus I loved spend vain sorrow upon the graves of William and Justine, the first hapless victims to my hallowed arts" (Pg 60). At this point in the story, the monster admits to feeling some remorse about their deaths. The monster admits that the two deaths were "hapless" and that they did not do anything wrong. This shows that the monster is not all evil and understands emotion.The monster is implying that there were/are more victims to come.
I am unsure of the tense because of the confusing chronology of events. Victor made the creature in late fall, then fell ill for the entirety of the winter. Once spring came Victor got better and his brother was murdered, William. However the creature said he spent a whole year at the cottage, and then murdered William after leaving the cottage. I am curios whether this inconsistency in the time is on purpose or I am simply not understanding it.
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