Frankenstein

1
Frankenstein

• Pages 58-76

2
Letter From Victors Father

• William, Victors younger brother, has been
  murdered
• Runs off as the family goes for a walk
• William is discovered the next morning and the
  print of the murderers finger was on his neck.
  (59)
• Elizabeth thinks she is responsible for Williams
  death because she let him wear a necklace which
  tempted the murderer.

3
Letter From Victors Father

• They do not know who the murderer is.
• Victors father asks Victor to return home to
  comfort Elizabeth

4
Victor Returns Home

• Scared
• Fear overcame me I dared not advance, dreading
  a thousand nameless evils that made me tremble,
  although I was unable to define them. (61)
• What are the evils he dreads?
• I did not conceive the hundredth part of the
  anguish I was destined to endure. (62)
• Foreshadowing

5
The Return of the Creature

• During the storm, Victor sees the creature behind
  a clump of trees
• Could he be (I shuddered at the conception) the
  murderer of my brother? (63)
• Victor decides not to tell anyone about the
  monster because the story will be too
  unbelievable.

6
Timeline

• Two years had now nearly elapsed since the night
  on which he first received life, and was this his
  first crime? Alas! I had turned loose into the
  world a depraved wretch whose delight was in
  carnage and misery had he not murdered my
  brother? (63)
• What has made the creature depraved?
• Is Victor responsible?

7
False Accusation?

• Justine Moritz, a servant of the familys, is
  accused of killing William
• The necklace is found in her possession

8
Responsibility of Victor?

• It was to be decided whether the result of my
  curiosity and lawless devices would cause the
  death of two of my fellow beings (68)
• Could the demon who had (I did not for a minute
  doubt) murdered my brother also in his hellish
  sport have betrayed the innocent to death and
  ignominy? (71)

9
The Sentence

• Justine cannot explain why the necklace was in
  her possession
• Justine is found guilty and put to death

10
Victors Guilt

• The tortures of the accused did not equal mine
  she was sustained by innocence, but the fangs of
  remorse tore my bosom and would not forgo their
  hold. (72)
• Thus spoke my prophetic soul, as, torn by
  remorse, horror, and despair, I beheld those I
  loved spend vain sorrow upon the graves of
  William and Justine, the first hapless victims to
  my unhallowed arts. (76)
• Implies there will be more victims
• Predictions?

11
Motives of the Monster

• Why did the monster kill William?
• Why did the monster plant the necklace on
  Justine?