Chapter 5-8 Notes - Frankenstein PDF

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Chapter 5-8 Notes - Frankenstein...

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Victor, the creator, abandons his creation. Because it's ugly, he imagines that it's evil. Victor makes the mistake of isolating himself and keeping his secret all to himself; it eats away at his peace of mind and ruins his health. Victor's innocent joy in natural philosophy has been destroyed; now he seeks to isolate himself. As his family life and innocence are destroyed, Victor's descriptions of nature turn dark. When he returns home, he sees lightning. The lightning is a reminder of his earlier realization that mankind can never understand nature. It's a lesson he forgot, to his detriment. When Victor finds out that his creation killed his brother, he realizes the cost of his arrogant assault on nature and begins to lose his innocence. And he realizes the monster is revenging itself on him. By concealing his role in William's death and Justine's fate, Victor isolates himself and must bear all the consequences of his ambition alone.The monster must have framed Justine as part of his revenge on Victor....