Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
Well if anyone was wondering how many deaths can be fit into a short period of time, it is actually a lot more than two. However, the deaths of William and Justine have a major effect on both Frankenstein and Elizabeth. Frankenstein receives this letter from his father saying that his younger brother William had been murdered. He rushes home, though he should have been back to Geneva long before then. At the site of the murder, he sees his creation, so obviously the creature killed William. Victor explains his thinking as "Nothing in human shape could have destroyed that fair child. He was the murderer!" (Shelley, 50). Knowing his fault behind the death of his brother, which causes Justine to be executed for being wrongly accused, he defaults into another major depression like state. He also feels he is the cause of Elizabeth's great pain from losing two people who are very dear to her in such a short time. Perhaps this connects to the monster by Frankenstein attempted to overcome death, he actually creates death. (However, he should not have let the monster loose in case it could harm people.)
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