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The novel Frankenstein begins with a letter from Robert Walton from St. Petersburgh, Russia, to his sister in England. He invites her to express his joy for his trip to find a way through the North Pole to learn the secret of magnetism. In his final letter, he explains his encounter with a giant entity resembling a man running all across the ice. A different sled greets them the next day, with Victor chasing after the monster. He explains his motivation and warns Robert to lay off his ambitions of making significant achievements.
Victor’s Childhood
Victor Frankenstein, the only child of devoted parents, was born in Naples, Italy to a wealthy Swiss couple. When Victor is five years old, his sister Elizabeth gets adopted by his mother. Elizabeth and Victor grow up in their parents' affection in Geneva. Victor and a fellow student named Henry Clerval become close friends. Victor develops a fascination for learning about the physical mysteries of the universe, whereas Clerval focuses on the moral connections of things.
The Chemistry Experiment
When Elizabeth is seventeen, just before he departs for the University of Ingolstadt, she develops scarlet fever. Victor's mother nurses her back to health, but his mother dies. She implores Elizabeth and Victor to be married as she rests dying.
Victor goes to Ingolstadt, where his chemistry professor stimulates him in his scientific studies to find the mystery of life. Possibly even how to recreate life itself. To acquire the ingredients for his experiment to create a monster from leftover corpses, Victor pursues his research in the chemistry lab, dissection rooms, and morgues. He wears himself out because of his research and is cut off from all communication. He even disregards letters from friends and family.
Victor’s Creation: The Monster
Victor finally succeeds in creating a creature on a gloomy November night. He was asleep and completely exhausted. When he awakens from a nightmare, he discovers the beast staring at him and is horrified by what he has done and runs. When Clerval shows up, the following day he is surprised to see Victor's condition. and appearance astounds him. Victor cannot reveal what he did to Clerval.
Victor's father sends him a letter describing William, his younger brother, being killed by being choked while out for a walk. When the body was discovered, a necklace with a tiny portrait of Victor's mother was missing. Victor spots the creature while making his hasty way back and suspects that it may have killed William when he is in the mountains near Geneva during an electrical storm.
Victor discovers that Justine, a household servant, is believed to be guilty by everyone since the necklace was found on her. She is innocent, says Victor, but stays silent during her trial. When compelled, Justine confesses and receives a hanging verdict. Guilt-ridden about both deaths, Victor craves seclusion. He encounters the monster while traversing an ice field in the "solitary majesty" of the Alps. The monster calmly asks Victor to listen to his tale.
The Monster’s Revenge
The monster begs Victor to make him a mate, threatening his family if he doesn't. Frankenstein agrees, but only if the monsters are forced to evacuate to places on the planet that are inhospitable and safe from harm to humanity. Victor visits his family again, this time feeling even worse. Victor's father suggests that the long-awaited union of Elizabeth and Victor can bring Victor back to happiness. Instead, Victor wants to go to England to learn from the philosophers there what he thinks might tie his work together. On his return, he pledges to marry Elizabeth.
His father makes plans for Clerval to meet him in Strasbourg, France. They hike in the Alps before taking a boat down the Rhine and ending up in England. Victor asks Clerval for permission to continue traveling alone for a while in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Frankenstein seeks isolation in the Scottish Orkneys because he believes the monster has been following him. He looks up from his work on the new creature on a moonlit night to see the monster staring at him through the window, which confirms his worries. Victor then makes a promise to destroy his new, incomplete design. "I will be with you on your wedding night," the monster warns Victor.
Victor’s Revenge
Frankenstein throws the newly created creature's remains into the ocean. He drifts to Ireland when he wakes up some hours later. He is taken before a magistrate by several persons on the shore to explain. The night before, a murder was discovered. To Victor's dismay, the man is Clerval. After being jailed for months, Frankenstein is released after the magistrate believes Victor's honesty. Victor's father is summoned by the magistrate to bring him from Geneva.
He marries Elizabeth when he gets back, worrying the entire time about the monster's words. On the night of the marriage, the monster enters their room and kills Elizabeth. When he notices the creature gazing out the window, Victor swears to kill his creation. He follows the beast over the Alps, through Europe, Russia, and the north pole before becoming stranded on the ice. This is where he finds Walton's ship.
Conclusion
Walton describes Frankenstein's end in a subsequent letter to his sister and his dying wish for him to abandon ambition and embrace tranquilly. He finds the monster in Frankenstein's cabin, mourning the loss of his creator. The monster explains to Walton how he never enjoyed taking revenge because of how unfairly the humanity that created him had mistreated him. So, although being innocent and good at birth, he developed into malignant evil. He now lives by himself in regret. Once he's done speaking, he jumps out of the cabin window and vanishes across the ice.
Written by Garima Jain
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