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Chapter 7:

 When Victor is in Ingolstadt he receives a letter from his father in Geneva. His father tells him about his brother Williams murder. Elizabeth, Ernest, William, and Alphonse were all out for a walk and had gone farther then they usually had, when William and Ernest had gone off alone. They all sat down to wait until they returned, when Ernest came back alone looking for William. Ernest had been playing hid and seek with William when he had lost him. When it got late they went in search of their missing party, only to find him at five in the morning stretched out on the grass with the murderer’s finger prints on his neck.  As soon as Victor reads this letter he decides that he needs to go to Geneva to be with his family. As he gets closer to his hometown he gets frightened. When Victor arrives the gates to the city are already closed so he spends the night where William was murdered. The first thing that pops into his head is that the wretched monster he created had been the one that killed his innocent brother, William. Victor had created this horrible monster two years ago and has been on the loose since then. He wonders if this is his first crime or if the wretch could have committed more. After thinking about it he wonders whether he should tell anyone or not.  Victor doesn’t want to tell anyone about who the possible murderer is because who would believe that he had created some kind of monstrous person. Everyone would think he is delirious from his brother’s murder. Even if someone did believe him, it would look like it was his fault that poor William is dead. Victor is facing a big conflict because Justine has confessed to the murder of William, even though she wasn’t the one who killed him. Now Victor has the weight of knowing who really killed his brother and not telling. He doesn’t want to tell because no one is going to believe him but on the other hand doesn’t want Justine to be killed for something that she didn’t even do.  Victor has to now decide whether to tell the truth or let Justine be faced with a crime that she didn’t commit. He tells Elizabeth that he knows she isn’t guilty but never spits out who is actually guilty. His father tells them that if she isn’t guilty like they say, then to rely on the justice of their laws.

Pretty good! 30/30

 The monster is definitely not justified to declare war on mankind. Yes he does have a right to be upset with Victor for creating him in such a way that would make him miserable and unloved but not at the rest of mankind. Just because of the experiences he has with the little amount of people doesn’t mean that everyone will treat him the same way.

 To take revenge on his creator the monster has killed William and has set up Justine to die. He wasn’t going to kill William at first but when he was told that William’s father was a Frankenstein he instantly thought it was Victor. William was screaming and wouldn’t stop so the monster chocked him until he died. After he killed William he stole the locked he was wearing and put it in Justine’s pocket when she was asleep, setting he up to be sentenced to death for the murder of William. The monster is the only one that is accountable for his actions and no one else. This act of revenge was not okay and will never be okay.

 Revenge is never okay because then you are just like the person that hurt you. It is like one big cycle. You wouldn’t want someone to hurt your family so why would you get revenge and hurt someone else family that didn’t even do anything to you. Revenge is never okay in any circumstances.

 In some way I do pity the monster because the never asked to be created or look the way he does. No one wants to look horrible or be unloved but that is still not reason to act like he does. He has to be responsible for his own actions and act responsible. No one has a reason to kill or act like a monster. Victor is also to blame because he never actually thought through whether it was a good idea to create this person and how it would act around people. Neglecting this creation was also a bad idea.

 The monster is fully capable of taking responsibility of his faults. This is not Victors fault for the way that the creature has acted. No one can take ownership of anothers faults. The monster however believes that all of this is Victors fault. He doesn’t realize that he is the only one making him kill and hurt people but himself. Overall the only one to blame here is the monster!

Good! 30/30