the threatened fate as unavoidable
Victor's constant attention to his unavoidable fate is at least partly to
be construed, at this point in the discourse, as a justification for the
blindness with which he worried so exclusively about himself, leaving
Elizabeth unprotected. But it falls in line as well with his reiterated
invocation of destiny during this narration to Walton, a rhetorical ploy
by which, whether or not it is his explicit intention, he
exonerates himself of
acknowledged responsiblity for the events his actions produce.
