Frankenstein Chapter 6-10

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At Justine's trial, she maintains she is innocent, but

Cannot explain how William's portrait of his mother wound up in her pocket, so she is sentenced to death

A while later Victor decides to travel to __________, hoping the trip will provide ___________

Chamonix, France; relief from his ephemeral, because human, sorrows.

At Chamonix, Victor continues to feel

Despair; he again tries to escape it through nature; he climbs to the peak of a mountain called Montanvert

What does Victor do after realizing his distress towards sciences?

He gives up such studies for a while and studies the Middle Eastern language with Clerval.

With great eloquence the monster claims that

He is Victor's offspring, and says "I ought to be thy Adam"

What did Elizabeth write to Victor about in her letter?

She updates Victor on his brothers, and says that Justine Moritz has come to live with them after the death of her mother

When Victor and Elizabeth visit Justine is prison, Justine explains that

She was pressured into confessing by her jailors; she succumbed, and confessed a lie. She says she's ready to die and leave behind the "sad and bitter world". The next day Justine is executed

One day Elizabeth tells Victor

That she no longer sees the world the same way after witnessing the execution of an innocent

Just as the view of Montanvert begins to lift Victor's spirits, he sees

The monster; he curses it and wishes for its destruction

Who does Victor realize killed his brother?

The monster; which means Victor was really responsible since he created the monster

After Justine's execution, the Frankensteins go to

Their vacation homes in Belrive to escape the bad memories of what's happened; yet Victor still has thoughts of suicide and begins to desire revenge against the monster

What does Victor and Clerval do after finding out the death of William?

They rush back to Geneva, but the town gate is locked when they arrive, so Victor visits the spot his brother died

Near the end of the term, as Victor and Clerval wait to travel back to Geneva, they

They take a tour around Germany which rekindles Victor's love of nature and raises his spirits

After the monster's claims, Victor

For the first time thinking about his responsibilities as a creator, follows the monster to a cave in the glacier, and sits down to listen

Near where Victor's brother died, he sees

A figure resembling the monster

Justine Moritz

A former servant of the Frankensteins

On returning from the tour around Germany, Victor receives

A letter from his father saying that his youngest brother, William,, has been murdered

The evidence leading people to accuse Justine of killing Victor's brother

In Justine's pocket, the police found a portrait of Victor's mother that William had been wearing

The monster continues to say that

It was once benevolent, and turned to violence only after Victor abandoned it. It begs Victor to listen to its story.

Victor speaks with a member of the court, who says that

Justine has already confessed to the crime

When Victor arrives home the next day, his brother Ernest informs him that

Justine has been accused of William's murder

Victor announces to his family that

Justine is not guilty, but says no more since he fears anyone hearing his story would think he's insane; Victor is confident that Justine could not be convinced for a crime she did not commit

On Victor's way to visit the spot of his brother's death what did he see?

Lightning playing over the peaks of the mountain Mont Blanc.

What did Victor realize when introducing Clerval to his professors?

Victor finds anything connected with natural philosophy causes him distress

Along the way of Victor's trip, he sees

Waterfalls and the towering Mont Blanc; which remind him of happier times but never for long

After Justine's execution, Victor feels

guilt overwhelm him for his secret role in William and Justine's deaths

Victor wishes that he could confess in Justine's place, but he doesn't because he realizes

his absence at the time of the murder would make his confession sound like nonsense


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