During Justine's trial for William Frankenstein's murder, Victor claims to suffer a "living torture" because he blames himself for the creation of his creature, the being whom he knows to be the real murderer. At first, Justine appears calm, though the evidence against her makes her seem quite guilty: she has no alibi for the night of William's murder, when spoken to by a woman in the village that night (near the body) she appeared...
During Justine's trial for William Frankenstein's murder, Victor claims to suffer a "living torture" because he blames himself for the creation of his creature, the being whom he knows to be the real murderer. At first, Justine appears calm, though the evidence against her makes her seem quite guilty: she has no alibi for the night of William's murder, when spoken to by a woman in the village that night (near the body) she appeared confused, and she had a valuable trinket that had been entrusted to William in her pocket. Though witnesses are called to attest to her character, people are afraid to speak up confidently on her behalf because of the terrible nature of the crime of which she's been accused. Finally, though innocent, she confesses to the crime, though she later tells Elizabeth and Victor that she's confessed a lie, and now that lie tortures her. She is eventually found guilty and executed. All the while, Victor wallows in guilt and yet says nothing to exonerate Justine.
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