Characters in Frankenstein
VICTOR Victor’s selfishness where he is consumed only in the suffering which affects him.
Even despite the Monster’s eloquence and sensitivity, Victor’s superficiality causes him to disregard the Monster altogether.
fVictor Frankenstein feels tremendously guilty over Justine’s death, and tortures himself endlessly over it. He feels in some ways that Justine’s murder is the worse of the two he is responsible for (“the other far more dreadfully murdered “(57)) and later, while sick and incarcerated in Ireland, calls himself “the murderer of William and Justine” (138). He feels that he suffers worse from Justine’s fate than Justine herself, because she had innocence to sustain her, and also a swift death. That his wanton experimenting brought such a tragedy to bear, even indirectly, is a failure to him of such magnitude that he can scarcely comprehend, and directly informs on his decision not to make a companion for the creature, fearing to bring more beings that are potentially capable of such an act into the world. Justine’s death therefore resonates significantly throughout the rest of the novel, marking her as an important minor character.
Victor wallows in guilt because he knows it is the Creature who has killed William and that he is responsible for Justine’s fate. Though overcome with feelings of guilt, Victor recognizes the futility of revealing the truth, and allows Justine to take the blame. Although Elizabeth is unaware of the actual circumstances of William’s murder, she astutely blames the justice system for its misguided reasons for the execution of the innocent Justine. The main source for blame is the guilty Creature who frames Justine, symbolically punishing her as a representative of all of the “guilty” women who will never love him. The Creature explains how and why he framed Justine for the murder:
1. c) My final judgement of Walton is that he seems to have an oddly high regard of Victor. I find it difficult to believe why he admires
Even despite the Monster’s eloquence and sensitivity, Victor’s superficiality causes him to disregard the Monster altogether.
fVictor Frankenstein feels tremendously guilty over Justine’s death, and tortures himself endlessly over it. He feels in some ways that Justine’s murder is the worse of the two he is responsible for (“the other far more dreadfully murdered “(57)) and later, while sick and incarcerated in Ireland, calls himself “the murderer of William and Justine” (138). He feels that he suffers worse from Justine’s fate than Justine herself, because she had innocence to sustain her, and also a swift death. That his wanton experimenting brought such a tragedy to bear, even indirectly, is a failure to him of such magnitude that he can scarcely comprehend, and directly informs on his decision not to make a companion for the creature, fearing to bring more beings that are potentially capable of such an act into the world. Justine’s death therefore resonates significantly throughout the rest of the novel, marking her as an important minor character.
Victor wallows in guilt because he knows it is the Creature who has killed William and that he is responsible for Justine’s fate. Though overcome with feelings of guilt, Victor recognizes the futility of revealing the truth, and allows Justine to take the blame. Although Elizabeth is unaware of the actual circumstances of William’s murder, she astutely blames the justice system for its misguided reasons for the execution of the innocent Justine. The main source for blame is the guilty Creature who frames Justine, symbolically punishing her as a representative of all of the “guilty” women who will never love him. The Creature explains how and why he framed Justine for the murder:
1. c) My final judgement of Walton is that he seems to have an oddly high regard of Victor. I find it difficult to believe why he admires