Frankenstein
Chapter 1 -
Robert Walton writing to his sister from Russia! Just him detailing his journey and how he’s always wanted to be a sailor since he read childhood stories but his father never let him. And even on his dying breath, told his uncle not to let him. He tried to become a poet, failed, but inherited a fortune from his cousin and went back to sailing. So he’s all excited about all the discoveries that could await him in the North Seas! So much so he’s willing to die for it.
In his 2nd letter, he’s jus mopey because none of the crew is really interested in his adventuring, science spirit for discovery so he really just wants a friend.
3rd letter, they’re in the ice kind of stuck but the think nobody has ever stepped foot here. Until they see a large figure in the distance riding on a dog sled? The next morning, they see a single live dog and a man on a sled drifting toward them on a piece of ice. They pull him on and he’s in bad shape ofc he’s fatigues and malnourished and nearly frozen and passes out. So Robert takes care of him in his personal quarters. Robert is fascinated by him and the “mad, wild look” in his eyes. They ask why he’s in the arctic and Victor just says he’s chasing someone. They said they saw someone the day before and Victor immediately questions them before acknowledging their curiosity but saying nothing more
Robert is obsessed with him because Victor also has knowledge and interest in the sciences and discovery. But Victory begins to warn him, saying that he too once desired great discoveries beyond the human comprehension but clearly something has gone wrong.
Chapter - 4
William is dead! His father writes to him saying that he was murdered. He, Elizabeth, Ernest, and William were on a walk till dusk and had spread out. Ernest returned to them looking for William since they were playing hide-and-seek. Ernest can’t find him, so they go on a search for him. Not finding him any where’s, the get torches and continue. At 5 am, father finds William dead with hand prints around his neck. They bring him home and mourn. Finding that the necklace from his dead mother he was wearing was also gone. They assume the murder was done as a robbery. His father pleads with him to come home and console Elizabeth. Victor cries and shows Clerval the letter. He states he and Clerval must head home instantly. Clerval tries to console him that William is with his mother now, safe from pain. Victor takes a carriage alone, which I mean fuck Clerval ig, and makes it to close to Geneva before getting anxious. Anxious about how much things could have changed in the 6 years he’s been gone. He stays at a nearby town for 2 days before continuing. He starts to feel better once he sees the familiar scenery of the mountains but gets anxious again. It’s night when he arrives and he visits the spot William was killed. It begins to rain and he can see the lightning lighting up the mountain. Very dark and brooding with rain, thunder, and lightning. He goes kind of manic and shouts that the storm is like William’s funeral. But! In the lighting flashes, he sees the familiar shape of the creature looking at him, 2 years later. Victor nearly collapses and the creature moves on, climbing the mountain before disappearing, but Victor immediately pieces together HE had killed William.
Victor makes it home at 5 am and debates on telling his family of what the creature is and that it killed William, but realizes they’ll just think he’s insane and the creature would probably escape any chase anyway. Ernest finds him and begins to cry with him, but Victor asks about Elizabeth. Ernest says she is inconsolable but that they discovered the murderer. This surprises Victor and he begins to ask how they’ll pursue him, but Ernest cuts him off by saying he has no idea what Victor is talking about, the accused is Justine. Victor argues saying that she couldn’t have and Ernest agrees since she has always been so fond of the family, but she is to be tried today. She was sick the night William was killed but another maid saw the stolen locket on her person. Victor continues to push that it wasn’t her but doesn’t explain. Their father walks in and greets them solemnly, hoping Victor is right and that she will be acquitted
William dead in the park by strangulation
Victor seeing the creature in the storm
Victor not telling them it was the monster even though Justine is at high risk
Elizabeth has a big forehead