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FRANKENSTEIN
BY ROHAN PHOGATIX – A36.
Narrator describes a strange incident that had happened to
them about two o’ clock, the saw a low carriage fixed on and sledge and drawn by dogs.
Next morning they again saw him on a sledge but only one dog was alive and there was a human
being looked tire and hungry.
Narrator and his friend saved the life of the man on a sledge. The time passed and man recovered from illness and chat with the
narrator.
Then one day the man tells his story to the narrator and says that many misfortune come in his life he said that he was a
Genovese and he is the eldest and for a long time his parent’s
only child.
His mother wanted a girl so his parents take a little orphan girl
Elizabeth Lavenza home and then his parent’s second son born who’s name is Earnest
Frankenstein then younger son of his parent’s William was
born and was liked by everyone in their house.
Once Victor Frankenstein came upon the work of the mystic physician Cornelius Agrippa.
Later, he acquire his works and also of alchemist Parcelus and
Albert Magnus.
At the age of seventeen he leaves his home to attend
university at Ingolstadt. Before his departure, his mother catches scarlet fever from
Elizabeth and died. As her last wish, his mother wanted
Elizabeth and Victor to get marry.
Then the Victor after going to Ingolstadt he meets M.
Krempe who suggested to take chemistry lectures of Mr.
Walton everyday and Victor started taking all that classes.
Much time passed in Ingolstadt and he missed his
family a lot and wanted to go.
But one incident lengthened his work. He asked himself
from where did the principle of life originates and according to
him it’s a very bold question.
His attention was fixed upon his goal. For this he had to
study the natural decay and corruption of the human
body.He began to examine the
cause and progress of decays. He examined and analysed all
the changes from life to death.
He succeeded in discovering the cause and creation of life-no-even more……. He himself became capable of giving life
to the lifeless matter.
He worked very hard and studied a lot . He had the capacity of giving life. He
cannot imagine the horrors of his secret, he collected
bones from mortuaries, and started putting together his own creature. He decided to
delay everything until the great job was complete. His
work gets complete, and infuse a spark of life into the
lifeless thing. Then the lifeless creature gets up and narrator gets afraid as he is so ugly and ran away from
that house where the lifeless creature is.
As in his way from leaving his home he met henry clervel
who was his old friend . Henry was so delighted to see him
after a long time and want to talk to him lot , and victortake him to his hotel for talk and for
having a rest. When they reached hotel the victo
remembered that creature was inside his room but when when they entered no one was there
then he saw that letter was lying there from his home he read and started crying ,on asking by clerval he replied
that someone murdered william , he is very innocent
child.
He decided to went his hometown. It was completely dark when he was arrived to
Geneva. The gates were already shut and as he was
unable to rest he resolved to visit the spot where his poor
william was murdered. While he watched the storm he was chanced to see a figure behind
cluster of trees near him. He was the wretch, the filthy
demon, to whom victor had given life. He called him
murdered..! And he ran away at a great speed and lost in the dark, victor thoughts that he is
the murderer of william
He decided to relieve himself of the intolerable feelings. So, he went to
alpine valleys to forget his human sorrows his
wanderings took him towards the valley of
chamounix. He visited it frequently during his
boyhood. There he stopped to view the tremendous
glacier, he saw that creature again, he was at some distance over the gaps
among which he had walked with caution.
the creature came near and talked to the victor. Victor
asked him that, how dare you approach me ? Do you not fear my fierce revenge? How I wish
I could bring life to all those victims you have murdered!
The creature told him that no body likes him and asked why
victor had created him so ugly? He is kind to every one but, every one get scared of him and wanted victor to create one girl for him as his lover
and victor agreed on it
Then he went to his home then . The weeks passed in geneva, but he could not
muster the courage to begin his work, as victor mother’s
last wish victor’s father wanted him to marry
Elizabeth. Victor agreed but he told Elizabeth that he
wanted to visit to England to meet some friends before
their marriage hiding the real reason behind . Elizabeth agreed but
suggested him to take clerval as a companion.
Then victor and Clerval went to Scotland, but victor told clerval that he wished to
tour scotland alone. Clerval agreed And told him to
hurry up and return early. Then victor went and chose one of the remotest islands
as his workplace. And started his work early and one night he saw that the
creature was watching him and was happy to see victor
doing work.
While doing his work he thought that if he make
another one like creature then they both will together kill the people and harm everyone and
together destroy the world . Then victor stop his work and started distroying his all work.
The creature sees that and says the victor that if he will
not make another one for him he will destroy every thing
related to him, but the victor refuses and creatures leaves. Then he got letter of clerval
that please hurry and meet me then he leaves that place at night and throw all parts of
model in the sea.
When he goes there where clerval had called him,
everyone gives him a strange look and take him to court and
shown him one dead body which was of clerval, victor
gets amazed to see that body and started crying and for that crime victor was sentenced to prison. And started getting ill
and fever started running through his body. But he was released early after getting
proved that he was at orkey s island when henry was
murdered.
Then he go to his home and became very to see his
father and Elizabeth as they are still alive and after
going to home he started keeping pistols and knife
with him for his family protection from that ugly creature and agreed to his
fathers decision of early marriage
the days passed and there marriage came near
and victor started becoming more protective
towards his family but there is no sign of the ugly creature then the day of their marriage came and victor gets worried. But, nothing happened and victor and Elizabeth get
married happily.
Elizabeth had a small property on the shares of lake como. Immediately after their wedding they
went there, and spend there first days there, beside the
beautiful lake, and then they went to their property.
Victor was very much worried for Elizabeth
Elizabeth observed the anxiety of victor for his fearful silence and
asks him what is that which fears him, victor replies peace my love!
All will be safe. And request Elizabeth to take a rest and after
her sleeping he locks his room from outside and starts protecting her
with pistol after her room. But after sme time he hears the sound of
AAARRHH..!! of Elizabeth from her room and ran towards her room and open the door and sees that
she was there lifeless thrown across the bed. Just then he saw
the most hideous and hated creature. And his all strength is
exhausted
Early morning , after Elizabeth’s death he arrived to geneva his father sank under the news he brought, his father culd not live under the horrors around him
and in a few days his father died in his arms and as night
approached victor found himself at the enterance of cementary
where his william, Elizabeth and father rested. Victor became
angry and wanted revenge and hears a loud laugh of the
creature and persued him for many days this become his task
The creature continued to give him clues sometimes by writing
in trees or scratching stones which guided victor and victor
persued journey northwards. Ne inscription he left read that is “wrap yourself in furs, for we
shall soon begin a journey where your sufferings will satisfy my
hatred” and victor was failed to complete his duty of destroying creature. Victor voice become
fainted and then he hold narrator’s hand and close his
eyes forever. The creature saw victor died and make sure that soon he will die and soon those burning miseries will be extinct.