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Victor's Loss Of Innocence In Frankenstein
Every criminal, even if he did the most dreadful thing or the most simple has a chance to show his or her innocence. So why not Victor's creature? Victor has had a rigid live so far with his mom dead and Justine about to die, and being depressed just about tops it. Until he finally meets his creature at the top of a snowy mountain.During the argument the creature says "human laws, bloody as they may be, to speak in their own defence before they are condemned."( Gris Grimly's Frankenstein, Volume 2 chapter 2, 14) In other words, everyone has a chance and yet you don't even want to hear him, and still you will kill him with a satisfied conscience. Victor doesn't really think about it until he stated" For the first time I felt what the duties
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