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Saving Justine In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

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If Victor were to call himself moral and benevolent, Victor should have confessed about his creation. Victor needs to come clean in order to save Justine, a vital part of the family who is portrayed as innocent. This scenario feeds into Shelley’s use of romanticism, where there is often a “damsel in distress” who needs to be rescued by an all-powerful man. However, in Frankenstein we see Shelley constantly showing the reader how Victor repeatedly puts himself before his family, society, and even his health. As a result of this, we see Victor suffer from extreme guilt and sadness in many points of the text. This shows that Victor should have confessed not only to save Justine, but also to put his mental health and well being in a good state.
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