Opening statement
Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen of the jury, we have come here today for one reason: ambition and murder. We are here to prove the true victim in this court room is my client, the monster, and that Victor Frankenstein is guilty of the following charges: his ambitious thoughts, inhuman act and lust for revenge.
Victor Frankenstein conducts inhuman acts and experiment, resulting the creation of my client, the monster. During the years when he was a student at Ingolstadt University, he used dead body parts of the corpse he stole from the grave yard to build a new life, which was what he fascinated about. One of Victor’s professor, M. Krempe is one of our witness, he will proves that Victor Frankenstein has an unusual obsession on source of life, which
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However, it’s because of Victor’s desire of revenge. When Justine was accuse as a murder, Victor did not step up and protect an innocent life, he keep silence and allows lie to cover the truth of his creation. One of the victim, Ms. Justine is one of our witness, she will prove that she died by not knowing anything, due to the silence of Victor. Later Victor took revenge to my client. My client did not know what is right or wrong, he did not realize that he had done something terrible. He only done this because he was abandoned by his creator and got rejected from human society. Victor did not understand these, due to the death of his love ones, he builds hatred toward the monster, and his ambition was to kill his creation. This lust of revenge leads to the self-destruction of his and his creation’s death.
We have here with us today, M. Krempe and Justine to prove Victor Frankenstein is guilty. Victor Frankenstein is guilty on many reasons, we hope that the jury and your honor will see that Victor Frankenstein is guilty of all charges, and not the creation he had abandoned, thank
The result of society’s resentment, Shelly’s cynical text unmasks the fact that Frankenstein’s creation was not produced as innately monstrous but instead learned to become a monster over time. Once again utilizing the literary element of irony, the monster’s exclamation “Nay, these are virtuous and immaculate being!”, demonstrates the monster’s resentment towards not only humans but also himself. Realizing biological inferiority to be the cause of his misfortune, the monster’s frustrations underline the novel’s central paradox of the natural versus the artificial. That is, because human beings exist within the natural order of society and therefore control the law, characters such as Victor, Felix, and even Walton’s carelessness remain protected. Meanwhile, Frankenstein’s creation, an artificial production, exists as mankind’s ostracized enemy regardless of the being’s emotional or intellectual superiority. Beyond envy, the monster’s monologue additionally reflects a sense of desperation. Utilizing the repetition of the word “injustice,” Shelly’s literary choice solidifies the perpetual denial of societies crimes against Frankenstein’s monster. Concluding his speech with the word “injustice”, Frankenstein’s monster testimony signifies the unavoidable truth the being’s presence never caused
As a romantic, archetype and gothic novel, Victor is responsible for the monsters actions because Victor abandons his creation meaning the creature is dejected and ends up hideous and fiendish. It is unfair to create someone into this world and then just abandon it and not teach it how to survive. The quote from the creature “Why did you make such a hideous creature like me just to leave me in disgust” demonstrates how much agony the creature is in. He is neglected because of his creator. The monster says “The hateful day when I received life! I accurse my creator. Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust?” Victor is wholly at fault for his actions, image and evil.
Victor Frankenstein is innocent. There is no doubt in my mind that Victor Frankenstein is innocent for the murder of Justine, Elizabeth, and William. They were in fact killed by a man named, “The Creature.” He in fact killed the two of them to get revenge on the man who created him. The Creature was angry that everyone thought that he was ugly, and hated to be around him. It all started when Dr. Henry Clerval told Victor Frankenstein not to make the Creature because he would be one that destroys everything. Victor then got Dr. Clerval’s Journal after he had died, and he started to make the Creature. Once the Creature was all assembles and born he was brought to life by Frankenstein. Frankenstein was then afraid of his own creation and fled the lab. The creature then got out and found some clothes and made his way to the country side where he then found his way to the little house in the woods where the De Lacey family lived.
Next, let’s look at the most crucial piece of evidence in this case: the locket. The family heirloom that William took with him on the night of his homicide that somehow ended up on the person of Justine Moritz. Once again, the defense has neglected to account for this. With this evidence alone, you, the jury, should convict Justine Moritz for the tragic murder of William Frankenstein. How could the locket have been in the possession of the defendant unless she had taken it from the corpse of William? And, if she had taken it from the corpse of William, she must have been the one to cause his death.
Victor’s lack of compassion and sympathy towards the monster causes him to become angry instead of guilty. His cruelness to his creation made the monster kill and hurt the people he did but “when [he] reflected on [the monster’s] crimes and malice, [Victor’s] hatred and revenge burst all bounds of moderation,”(Shelley 325). Without compassion Victor thinks that the only way to stop the monster is to get revenge on him, instead of just giving him the empathy and kindness that monster craved. Victor realizes that "if he were vanquished, [he] should be a free man...balanced by those horrors of remorse and guilt which would pursue [him] until death. ”(Shelley 731).
When a crime is committed, the blame is usually placed on the criminal. This is because a crime cannot take place without a criminal. However, a lawbreaker generally has reasons for his misdeed. For a crime to occur, a criminal must have incentive. Consequently, the causes of a wrongdoer’s motivation are also responsible for the offence. In addition, crimes can be avoided if the proper precautionary measures are taken. Therefore, anyone who could have stopped a crime from happening is partially accountable for it. In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, a creature created by Victor Frankenstein kills several of Victor’s loved ones. These murders could be blamed on the creature, but he is not solely responsible for them. The root cause of the murders is Victor’s secrecy. His concealment causes his obsession, a lack of preventative measures against the creature, and his fear of appearing to be mad.
Victor Frankenstein, a character in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, decided that he wanted to bring life into this world; a life that would eventually go on to killing the creator himself. The Creature can be seen as either innocent or guilty. The popular opinion of the Creature seems to be that he is guilty considering how he has burned down a house, set up Justine for murder and murdered three others. However, after taking a close look at the text, it can be seen that Frankenstein’s creature is not guilty. He was brought into this world with a child-like innocence, never progressed past the emotional state of a child and was rejected throughout his whole life causing him to do the things he did.
The readers’ sympathy is evoked towards Victor when The Monster murders a member of Victor’s family. The Monster murdered Victor’s youngest brother William, right before The Monster committed this act of injustice he said, “Frankenstein! You belong then to my enemy to him towards whom I have sworn eternal revenge; you shall be my first victim.’ “The child struggled and loaded me with epithets which carried despair to my heart; I grasped his throat to silence him, and in a moment he lay dead at my feet” (16). The monster murdering Victor’s younger brother William. This is an example of injustice because William is just an innocent child who has committed no offence towards the monster. This act of injustice causes readers’ have sympathy for Victor because his own creation killed his brother, this causes Victor to blame himself for his brother’s death. Additionally, Frankenstein is unjust towards Justine when he says, “I was firmly convinced in my own mind that Justine, and indeed every human being, was guiltless of this murder. I had no fear, therefore, that any circumstantial evidence could be brought forward to in convict her. My tale was not one to announce publicly; its astounding horror would be looked upon as madness by the vulgar” (7). Victor Frankenstein knows that Justine is not the person who killed William, yet he does not say this at the trial. This is an act of injustice towards Justine because Victor new the true killer but because he did not want to be thought of as a madman he did not speak at the trial, which resulted in Justine being convicted and executed. Victor must now deal with the anguish of believing that he is responsible for the death of both William and Justine. This causes readers to sympathise with Victor because he feel as though he is responsible for injustice towards Justine and William when The Monster is truly
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a nineteenth century literary work that delves into the world of science and the plausible outcomes of morally insensitive technological research. Although the novel brings to the forefront several issues about knowledge and sublime nature, the novel mostly explores the psychological and physical journey of two complex characters. While each character exhibits several interesting traits that range from passive and contemplative to rash and impulsive, their most attractive quality is their monstrosity. Their monstrosities, however, differ in the way each of the character’s act and respond to their environment. Throughout Frankenstein, one assumes that Frankenstein’s creation is the true monster. While the creation’s actions are indeed monstrous, one must also realize that his creator, Victor Frankenstein is also a villain. His inconsiderate and selfish acts as well as his passion for science result in the death of his friend and family members and ultimately in his own demise.
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