Destiny

In the recounting of his story to Walton, Frankenstein is very set on his impending and certain destiny, "...nothing can alter my destiny; listen to my history, and you will perceive how irrevocably it is determined." For some reason, Frankenstein is certain if his eminent doom. Why he awaits a fate of misfortune, I do not know, but he is positive that the only future for him is a bleak one. He often references this destiny and the events that have made it so inescapable. He says, "Destiny was too potent, and her immutable laws had decreed my utter and terrible destruction." Furthermore, Frankenstein adds later in his narrative, "Thus ended a day memorable to me: it decided my future destiny." I think he is so certain if this destiny because he has, at least in part, chosen it for himself. I am not positive, but my assumption would be that Frankenstein himself has made a decision so concrete that it is his destiny. He feels compelled down a certain path and now is simply awaiting his future.