Thursday, November 15, 2012

Frankenstein / Mary Shelly / Ch 7-9



“William is dead!—that sweet child, whose smiles delighted and warmed my heart, who was so gentle, yet so gay! Victor, he is murdered!” (Shelly 46).  Another person is dead in the story.  Why do all the stories we read have someone die in them.  They aren’t even bad guys who die but nice people.  This death adds to the weight that is building on top of Frankenstein.  He continually has bad things happen to him. He started out have the best childhood that anyone could have but then his mother dies.  He goes to school and creates a monster then his brother dies.  Then an innocent person is executed for his brother’s murder.  Frankenstein is continually sinking deeper into despair.  Why did he not at least try to explain his creation to someone so that they might be able to help Justine? Justine that is ironic that part of her name is “just” when she dies an unjust death.

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