More Foreshadowing! (of course)

As always seems the case, Mary Shelley once again uses foreshadowing in Frankenstein.  By noticing diction in certain sections, I was able to reasonably predict the death Henry Clerval.  In one passage in particular, Shelley's use of past-tense verbs hints that Clerval has since passed.  Due to the creature's anger at his companion's destruction, Clerval's was a logical conclusion.   "He was a being formed in the 'very poetry of nature'.  His wild and enthusiastic imagination was chastened by the sensibility of his heart.  His soul overflowed with ardent affections, and his friendship was of that devoted and wondrous nature...(p 113)."  Victor then says 'And where does he now exist?  Is this gentle and lovely being lost forever (p 114)?"  At that point, it was obvious to me that Clerval would be killed by the creature.  Later in the book, I found that Elizabeth's death was foreshadowed in a similar way, with the use of past-tense verbs.  The frame story provides Victor's retrospective insights' resulting in valuable instances of foreshadowing.