chapter vi - x. elizabeth writes victor and asks him to write. the letter also tells about the...
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Chapter VI
Elizabeth writes Victor and asks him to write.
The letter also tells about the problems that Justine Moritz has been having.
Who is Justine Moritz?
The daughter of a servant that had become close to Caroline and Elizabeth.
She was badly treated by her mother.
Nursed Caroline before she died After her mother died, she rejoined
the Frankenstein household
Chapter VI
Frankenstein wrote to his family to tell them that he was fine.
Victor spent time introducing Henry to the professors at the college.
Frankenstein avoided his scientific studies because it reminded him of his disastrous experiment.
Chapter VI
He was going to go home but it was postponed for several months.
To pass the time, Frankenstein and Henry went on a tour of Ingolstadt.
Chapter VII
When they return, there was a letter from Alphonse, Victor’s father.
The letter tells Victor that his 5 year old brother, William, is dead. (Murdered)
The family was walking in the woods near their home when William disappeared.
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They spent the night looking for him and in the morning they found him strangled to death.
Elizabeth was upset because she gave the boy a locket of Caroline and it was missing.
They believed that this was the motive for his murder and Elizabeth felt responsible.
Chapter VII
They do not know who killed him. Alphonse asks Victor to come home
and comfort Elizabeth and the family. He is also glad that Caroline was no
longer alive to have to experience it.
Chapter VII
Frankenstein left for Geneva immediately to comfort and grieve with his family.
He was nervous to return home after being gone for 6 years
He took his time to return and by the time he got there, the gates to the city were closed for the night.
He had to spend the night in a nearby small town.
Chapter VII
Unable to sleep, Frankenstein walked to the spot where William was murdered.
He watched a storm approach over the mountains. ▪ "A flash of lightning illuminated the object and
discovered its shape plainly to me; its gigantic stature, and the deformity of its aspect, more hideous than belongs to humanity, instantly informed me that it was the wretch, the filthy demon to whom [he] had given life." Chapter 7
Chapter VII
After seeing the figure, Victor realized that it was the creature the created almost two years ago.
He also figured out that the creature was the killer and realized with horror the evil he had released into the world.
Frankenstein himself was William's murderer because he created the fiend that killed him.
Chapter VII
Frankenstein realized that he couldn't tell anyone that the monster murdered William because no one would believe him.
He decided to keep quiet about what he knew.
When he got home, he learned that Justine had been accused of the murder because another servant had found the missing locket in Justine's dress.
Chapter VII
Elizabeth believed Justine was innocent, but the rest of the family wasn't sure what to think.
Frankenstein was the only one who knew the truth, and he was distraught.
Chapter VIII
At her trial, Justine could explain away all the evidence against her except for the locket.
Frankenstein knew the monster planted it on her to frame her for William's death.
Elizabeth, convinced of her friend's innocence, pleaded to the jury.
Chapter VIII
Frankenstein also made an appeal, but Justine was convicted and executed.
Frankenstein knew then that it was only the beginning of their sorrow and he was responsible for all of it but unaware of how to prevent it. "[He] beheld those [he] loved spend vain
sorrow upon the graves of William and Justine, the first hapless victims to [his] unhallowed arts." Chapter 8
Chapter IX
Frankenstein is upset over his role in the deaths of William and Justine.
He is losing his mind and becoming sick
He spent much time alone on the lake after his family had gone to bed and contemplated drowning himself.
Chapter IX
His father thought that he was suffering from grief, but Frankenstein was depressed about his responsibility in the deaths as well as for the grief that weakened his father's health and the drastic change in Elizabeth's personality.
She was somber and dark, where before she was radiant and bright.
Chapter IX
Elizabeth noticed despair and vengeance in Frankenstein's manner.
She tried to help, but his fear and sadness about the creature made him want to run away.
Chapter IX
His family and friends couldn't comfort him because they didn't know the source of his trouble.
They had no idea about the monster. He couldn't tell them, so he had to
deal with it on his own. He left on a trip to Chamounix to
escape again.
Chapter X
While on a day trip to the top of a mountain, the creature approached Frankenstein.
Ready to fight to the death, Frankenstein cursed the creature.
The creature asked Frankenstein to hear him out.
Chapter X
The creature claimed to be a virtuous until the scorn of humans made him miserable and lonely.
The monster said: "'All men hate the wretched; how then,
must I be hated, who am miserable beyond all living things! Yet you, my creator, detest and spurn me, thy creature, to whom thou art bound by ties only dissoluble by the annihilation of one of us.'" Chapter 10
Chapter X
Frankenstein still refused to listen. The creature told him that as his
creator, Frankenstein owed it to him to hear his story and meet his demands.
If Frankenstein would meet the demands, the creature vowed to withdraw from humanity and leave Frankenstein in peace.