McIvor, Brown, Strum, Tarrant
Danae McIvor, Robbie Brown, Andrew Strum, Chance Tarrant
Mrs. Revers
English 12
20 October 2011
Prosecution of the Creature
The creature is guilty of first-degree murder for Henry Clerval and Elizabeth
Frankenstein; second-degree murder for William, and Involuntary Manslaughter of
Justine, Mr. Frankenstein, and Dr. Frankenstein.
1.
Frankenstein’s creation, known as the wretch, is guilty of the first degree murders
of Henry Clerval and Elizabeth Frankenstein, it was also responsible for the felony
murder of William Frankenstein and was responsible for the deaths of Justine, Mr.
Frankenstein, and Dr. Frankenstein.
The charges against the wretch are as follows:
1. First-degree murders of Henry and Elizabeth.
2. Second-degree murder of William.
3. Criminally negligent manslaughter (Involuntary Manslaughter) of Justine,
Mr. Frankenstein, and Dr. Frankenstein
2.
The wretch is guilty of first-degree murder of Henry Clerval.
a.
The creature strangled Henry Clerval. to death
i. “He had apparently been strangled; for there was no sign of any
violence, except the black mark of fingers on his neck” (149)
b.
Where is the motive to support the charge?
c.
Where is the malice?
3.
The wretch is guilty of first-degree murder of Elizabeth
a. The creature strangled Elizabeth and then throws her body on the bed
i. Texture information (Frankenstein)
b. “She was there, lifeless and inanimate, thrown across the bed, her head
hanging down, and her pale and distorted features half covered by her hair…
with a sensation of horror not to be described, I saw the face of the monster;
he seemed to jeer as with his fiendish finger he pointed towards the corpse of
my wife.” (166)
c. Where is the motive to support the charge?
d. Where is the malice?
4.
The wretch is guilty of second-degree murder of Henry
a. The creature was first going to abduct the child but then after finding out he
was part of the Frankenstein family he killed him.
i. Textual information (Frankenstein)
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b. “Boy, you will never see your father again; you must come with me… I
grasped his throat to silence him, and in a moment he lay dead at my feet.”
(122)
5.
The wretch is guilty of (Involuntary Manslaughter) criminally negligent
manslaughter of Justine, Mr. Frankenstein, and Dr. Frankenstein
a. The crimes the creature committed led each of the three characters to die.
i. Textual information (Frankenstein)
b. Justine – “The crime had its source in her: be hers the punishment... I bent
over her, and placed the portrait securely in one of the folds of her dress.”
(122 - 123)
c. Mr. Frankenstein – “He could not live under the horrors that were
accumulated around him… in a few days he died in my arms.” (168)
d. Dr. Frankenstein – “He sprung from his cabin-window… upon the ice-raft
which lay close to the vessel. He was soon borne away by the waves and lost
in darkness and distance.” (186)
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