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    Victor Frankenstein creates a living creature through scientific experimentation but is horrified by his creation. The creature later murders Victor's younger brother. Trapped in the Arctic ice, Victor tells the story of how he created and abandoned the creature to Captain Walton, who rescued him. Victor believes the creature is responsible for his brother's death.

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    3/30/2020 SparkNotes: Frankenstein: Plot Overview

    Frankenstein
    Mary Shelley

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    Plot Overview

    In a series of letters, Robert Walton, the captain of a ship bound for the North Pole, recounts to his sister
    back in England the progress of his dangerous mission. Successful early on, the mission is soon interrupted
    by seas full of impassable ice. Trapped, Walton encounters Victor Frankenstein, who has been traveling by
    dog-drawn sledge across the ice and is weakened by the cold. Walton takes him aboard ship, helps nurse
    him back to health, and hears the fantastic tale of the monster that Frankenstein created.

    Victor rst describes his early life in Geneva. At the end of a blissful childhood spent in the company of
    Elizabeth Lavenza (his cousin in the 1818 edition, his adopted sister in the 1831 edition) and friend Henry Video SparkNotes: Hom
    Clerval, Victor enters the university of Ingolstadt to study natural philosophy and chemistry. There, he is
    consumed by the desire to discover the secret of life and, after several years of research, becomes
    convinced that he has found it.

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    Armed with the knowledge he has long been seeking, Victor spends months feverishly fashioning a creature
    out of old body parts. One climactic night, in the secrecy of his apartment, he brings his creation to life.
    When he looks at the monstrosity that he has created, however, the sight horri es him. After a tful night of
    sleep, interrupted by the specter of the monster looming over him, he runs into the streets, eventually
    wandering in remorse. Victor runs into Henry, who has come to study at the university, and he takes his
    friend back to his apartment. Though the monster is gone, Victor falls into a feverish illness.

    Sickened by his horri c deed, Victor prepares to return to Geneva, to his family, and to health. Just before
    departing Ingolstadt, however, he receives a letter from his father informing him that his youngest brother,
    William, has been murdered. Grief-stricken, Victor hurries home. While passing through the woods where
    William was strangled, he catches sight of the monster and becomes convinced that the monster is his
    brother’s murderer. Arriving in Geneva, Victor nds that Justine Moritz, a kind, gentle girl who had been

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