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.