She represents graceful suffering in the face of injustice, much like a martyr. Justine is well treated by the Frankenstein family and is regarded not as household help, but with the esteem and affection accorded a family member.
Also, Justine endures the rejection by her own family through no fault of her own. It is the Frankenstein family, specifically Elizabeth , who rescues her and allows her to continue her work as a housekeeper. Alphonse is another. This is interesting. If we start blaming the monster for indirectly causing deaths, then we also have to blame Victor for the same crime. Sur—if the monster hadn't killed William, Justine wouldn't have been executed. But, if Victor hadn't created the monster, the monster wouldn't have killed William.
Once you start down that path, you raise all sorts of questions of blame and morality and responsibility. Which is kind of the point of thinking about Frankenstein at all. Justine is a servant in the Frankenstein house, but it's cool: being a servant in Geneva, unlike in England or France, " does not include the idea of ignorance and a sacrifice of the dignity of a human being " 6.
Anyway, servant or not, Justine seems like a nice girl. When William is murdered, the monster puts a photograph that William was carrying in her pocket, and she is accused of murder. She confesses falsely to the crime out of fear of going to Hell. She is executed. Elizabeth feels that she knows Justine as well as she knows herself, and she is certain that Justine is innocent of this terrible crime. She also had no alibi to corroborate her whereabouts on the day and at the time of the murder.
Victor knew she was innocent, but he was afraid of telling the truth because it involved exposing the monster that he created. The Creature is ostracized by society, but Justine is loved by the Frankenstein family.
The unloved Creature becomes a monster. She believes she does not have any enemies, and believes that her character and behavior to this point in her life will set her free. They remain convinced of her innocence, but Justine is soon executed. Victor becomes consumed with guilt, knowing that the monster he created and the cloak of secrecy within which the creation took place have now caused the deaths of two members of his family.
It is unlikely that Frankenstein would remember the letters word-for-word and even more unlikely that Walton would record them as such in his own letters to his sister. Furthermore, there is the question of filtering: the recollections of either Victor or Walton, or both, could be biased, either subconsciously or consciously. The presence of these letters foregrounds the issue of whether or not the narrator is reliable.
Women continue to play a mostly passive role in the narrative. Only Victor has the power to do so, as he is in possession of crucial knowledge that could identify the real killer. It is clear where the power lies in the relationship between Victor and Elizabeth: he makes the decisions; she pleads with him to make the right ones.
Appearing in Ingolstadt at just the right moment to nurse Victor back to health, Henry serves as the line of communication between Victor and his family, presenting him with an avenue back to the warmth of society.
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