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Examples Of Victor's Trial In Frankenstein

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Garen Linco Ms. Piccard Science Fiction 10, May 2023 The chances of being able to run away from being accused of murder are forty percent. However, the reasoning behind whether libel or innocent depends all on the evidence. Some may think in the novel Frankenstein Victor is liable for murder, while others think he is perfectly innocent. But realistically Victor created what killed his whole family leading him to be liable. Victor Frankenstein should be liable for murder because he’s the reason for Justine's and William’s early death. During Justine’s trial Victor had an opportunity to step in and confront the true killer of William but is feared that he’ll be declared insane. Victor is with his family and thinks to himself, “My tale …show more content…

During the night of Victor’s creation, he had horrible visions about the creature. He realized how nasty and horrific the creature he made was, and out of fear abandoned his creation and went to the streets out of fear without even confronting it. Victor runs off from the monster and says, “I passed the night wretchedly. Sometimes my pulse beat so quickly and hardly that I felt the palpitation of every artery; at others, I nearly sank to the ground through languor and extreme weakness.” Shelley, 43. This quote explains how Victor ditched his creation without even acknowledging its mind, only his looks. This would eventually lead the creature to do his own adventure and eventually learn all about Victor leading to all the murders. If Victor just took accountability and confronted the monster during the creation process the murders would not have occurred. Some may say that the monster release was good in the situation because of how big and scary he was. But Victor shouldn’t be afraid to confront the creation he made. He knew what it would look like and how it would approach him when he were to live, but Victor still ran in fear without even attempting to stop it. Victor could have stopped the monster at the beginning and could have stopped all the possibilities of

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In the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Victor Frankenstein does not mature, as illustrated when he lets Justine die for her accused killing of William, when he destroys the female creature in front of his first creature, and finally when he tells Walton’s crew to endeavour upon a dangerous trip, with no regard for their safety. Through analysis of Victor’s actions throughout the novel, his immaturity is proven during many encounters, especially by his inaction during vital situations. When Victor discovers that Justine has been accused of killing William, he chooses to remain complicit in her cruel persecution, and not speak of his creation, thereby exposing his immaturity and lack of responsibility. Although Victor “believed in her innocence”

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Victor attempts to maintain this autonomy, but it begins to collapse when the murder of William occurs. After William’s murder the responsibility of the monster is revived and now Victor not only faces responsibility for the monster but also the death of William and soon to follow Justine. While Victor is fully aware of the responsibility he holds, describing himself as “the true murder” (Shelley, 109). Victor tries to remedy this responsibility in the same form as he did the first time with the monster, by simpling failing to outwardly acknowledge its presence. He does this at Justine’s trial, in which he would have had the opportunity to speak up in favor of her innocence he instead chooses to “rush out of the court in agony” (Shelley, 106).

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The trial showed that Frankenstein’s actions resulted in the deaths of three people: Elizabeth, Henry, and Justine. From the state of Alaska’s definition of manslaughter, the prosecution proved Frankenstein’s responsibility for the deaths through his reckless actions in his neglect of the creature, and by intentionally keeping the creation a secret. Frankenstein’s responsibility for the deaths relies in his neglect of the creation. Once the creation became alive, Frankenstein immediately ran away.

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(Shelley 56). This is the reason that Victor did not realize he had gone too far until it was too late. Once victor brings the creature to life, he immediately realizes the hideousness of what he has done: “Now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart.” (Shelley 56). Furthermore, Victor struggles to cope with his creation throughout the novel.

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Victor first begins creating the monster, working tirelessly for selfish reasons. His body suffers tremendously and he drags himself along treating his body like a slave. He states: “My cheeks have grown pale with study, and my person had become emaciated with confinement.” (Shelly 33)

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Victor goes on to say, “I dreaded to behold this monster; but I feared still more that Henry should see him” (Shelley 38). Victor never even thinks for one moment that someone else might encounter the monster and is only woken out of this oblivion when Henry

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Victor denied the monster it’s power by not allowing it to have what it asked for. This refusal caused the monster declare it’s dominance through threatening Victor to do as it says or he will be punished. After Victor refuses to allow his creation to take control, it goes mayhem and reacts with hatred. The creature tried to gain it’s power by deteriorating Victor’s life killing many of the friends and loved ones close to Victor. This pulls the final straw for Victor, he attempted to hunt the monster down and destroy it before it could hurt anyone else.

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The monster proclaims that he will make Victor’s life miserable by taking the people he loves from him. Emotionally, the reader gains sympathy for Victor because he has and will lose loved ones, but they also know that VIctor has brought this fate upon himself. This shows that Victor is not the killer because the monster has openly declared that he has made Victor’s life horrible. Finally, Victor could not be the killer because he holds too much love for his family. Especially for Elizabeth Victor

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He was selfish as a person. If you bring something into this world you are expected to care for it and put everything before it. Victor failed to do this, he abandoned the monster and let it live alone for many years without the monster having knowledge as how to fend for itself. The monster felt as if no one appreciated it and felt as if the world was against him. I know this because on page 84 it states “You, my creator, abhor me; your fellow-creatures spurn and hate me.

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One reason Victor is the monster is, he created life not knowing the discipline or the risks he could be taking. When someone wants to create life, they are literally making life. A thing that needs to be cared for and parented. Victor felt that when he created life, he could just let it be and go on with his life. When the monster came to life Victor ran and hid, he didn’t even take the time to inspect it, or instruct it.

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He is so invested in his work that he ignores his personal life. Although, when Victor finally succeeds at achieving his goal, it is not what it seems. Victor’s creation has lead to tragedy and destruction. Hence, Victor Frankenstein is responsible for the outcome of his fate because of his fixation with being god, his disregard to humankind, and his selfishness. Despite some critics statements that the creature Victor created is responsible for the tragedy and destruction that results after the experiment, it is Victor who is accountable because of his fixation

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In the beginning, Victor reveals his timidity towards occurring disasters. When the creature comes to life, Victor realizes that it is grotesque and describes, “I rushed out of the room and continued a long time traversing my bedchamber, unable to compose my mind to sleep” (42). Upon realizing the unfortunate turnout of the creation, Victor avoids confronting his fault by hurrying off and hiding in his bedroom. Accordingly, Victor is unable to control his creation. When the creature leaves after threatening Victor about a tragedy on his wedding night, Victor asks himself, “Why had I not followed him and closed with him in mortal strife?”

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One of the most significant of these deaths was Justine. She was working as a servant and when William died she was wrongfully accused of the murder. At the time of this occurrence Frankenstein intentionally does not mention his creation, as this would reflect poorly on himself. Justine was then executed leaving no one but Victor to blame, when he realizes the outcome he utters these words, “A thousand times rather would I have confessed to render her happy life, now all was to be obliterated, and I the cause!” , this clearly exemplifies how Victor is responsible for the actions of his creation (Shelley Ch.9).

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After realizing what Victor had done, he ran away not taking responsibility for what he had made. “The porter opened the gates of the court, which had that night been my asylum, and I issued into the streets, pacing them with quick steps, as if I sought to avoid the wretch whom I feared every turning of the street would present to my view. I did not dare return to the apartment which I inhabited, but felt impelled to hurry on, although drenched by the rain which poured from a black and comfortless sky” (161) Victor saw what huge mistake he made and ignored his problem(s) rather than taking accountability that he has created a monster hideous to the human eye. He didn't even return to the apartment. He just fled hoping that abandoning his creation would solve the problem.

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Simultaneously, Victor failing to take responsibility for his own creation leads the creature down a path of destruction that manufactures his status as a societal outcast. The creature's dissolution from society, his search for someone to share his life with, the familiarity with intense anguish, his thirst for retribution, each of these traits coincide with Victor as he is depicted throughout the novel. Victor unknowingly induces his own undoing through his rejection of the creature. Shelley foreshadows his downfall by stating that “the monster still protested his innate goodness, blaming Victor’s rejection and man’s unkindness as the source of his evil” (Shelley 62) The creature essentially places Victor at fault for the creature becoming an outcast of society, by expressing this Shelley constructs a very austere portrayal of man’s contact with outsiders.

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