Juxtaposition Of Power By Mary Shelley 's Frankenstein

These words clarify Justine’s lower social position and represent Justine as a weak-willed young girl. Victor exclaims, “Justine Moritz! Poor, poor girl, is she accused? But it is wrongfully, everyone knows that, no one believes it, ” and Elizabeth later says, “This poor girl, whom I sincerely love, is to be torn away by even a worse fate.” Shelley’s repeated use of consoling language, solely in Victor and Elizabeth’s dialogue—both of whom believe in Justine’s innocence, furthers her argument by asserting Justine’s meniality. Through words such as “poor” and “dear”, she establishes Justine as though she cannot defend herself against the absolute evidence working against herself. Shelley’s combination of her Justine’s lower class employment and her gender attempt to justify the presumptions made by her accusers of her murdering William, thus highlighting for her readers the unfair disadvantages women faced as they remained especially repressed under the society’s stereotypes and the power of

In light of pleading innocent, Bridget Bishop was held accountable for her witchcraft. Her innocence is proven in that these evidences presented against her were majority based on speculation. These speculations being that she was an owner of two taverns in which she knew how to entertain men, her husbands passed away by unknown causes linked to her sorcery, who dressed flamboyant, because it was odd to the puritans and her plea in court was not convincing enough.

So she obtains the case files and wants to get Helen’s opinion on the case. At first Helen is reluctant to help because as M.J. Monaham starts to

The next innocent suspect was Elizabeth Howe. Elizabeth Howe was a blind Ipswich woman who tenderly took care of her husband with a kind soul. Her neighbors foolishly accused her of causing their youngest daughter and cows die, which Elizabeth truthfully denied. Soon more people had their animals injured, in which they interpreted as a supernatural sign of revenge. In court, her own brother-in-law, Captain John accused her of killing his sow and inflicting pain upon him and making his hand not able to work. Elizabeth had nothing to do with this, so she testified “God knows I am innocent of anything of this nature” (National Geographic Channel 2011). Even though her witness vouched for her and her character she was found guilty (National Geographic Channel 2011).

The novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelly was published in 1818. Her parent had undoubtedly influenced her ways of writing. Her father, William Godwin is famous with his piece “An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice while her mother, Mary Wollstonecraft wrote “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman” is two prominent radical writers who call for reform during French Revolution. Bringing both feminism and radical views from her parents, Shelley critiques women’s weak, docile and uneducated character. She also shows how women are often degraded and treated unjustly. The reason she brought the issues forward is to make women realize that they should improve their position and women should not conform to the dogma that they are always weak.

When he finally comes to his senses, about what he has done, he is filled with remorse and guilt. Giles morals and loyalty for those he loves and cares for are tested. In court, Giles testifies that Thomas Putnam instructed his daughter to cry witchcraft on George Jacobs so Putnam could have his land. However, Giles refuses to give his source because he knows they will surely go to jail; this is revealed when Giles reasons, "He’ll lay in jail if I give his name!" When Giles takes a stand against the court, he is acting as a voice of reason; while everyone is caught up in the madness, Giles realizes what will happen if he gives his friend's name away. In fact, Giles feels remorse and complete self-hatred for accidentally turning in his wife. This feeling of self-reproach is expressed when Giles explains, "I will not give you no name. I mentioned my wife's name once and I'll burn in hell long enough for that. I stand mute”. Similarly, Giles is later regarded as a hero when he chooses to die before answering to his indictment. Elizabeth retells the story of how, in another instance of challenging the court's authority, Giles explained, "…if he denied the charge they'd hang him surely, and auction out his property. So he stand mute, and died Christian under the law. And so his sons will have his farm." Giles knew that he would be in trouble if he opened his mouth. Ironically, Giles remained mute throughout the trial, seeing he knew that if he did not testify, he would not be sentenced to death or have his property forfeited. Sadly, the court then decided to lay hefty stones on his chest until he pleaded aye or nay. As Elizabeth recalls, "He give them but two

As the trials go on, many more accusations are made. Giles Corey accuses Putnam of trying to get other landowners hanged for witchcraft so that he can have their land for himself. Marshall Danforth asks for a source and the person’s name. Giles says that he cannot give out the person’s name. Giles is in the court because his wife, Martha Corey had been arrested and accused of witchcraft. She gave away a pig to a man, and the pig became ill and died shortly after the pig was acquired. Francis Nurse is in the court because his wife, Rebecca Nurse was arrested too. He along with Giles continue to confront Danforth about Putnam’s doing, but Danforth responds with that they will have to put their thoughts into writing

Laura's trust was placed not only in the hands of Celestine but also in the hands of the court system. When asked if she would like the court to appoint her a lawyer she declined the offer on the grounds that it would do no good. Laura knew she was uneducated in many things, law being one of them, and therefore if she was found guilty then the verdict must be correct, because the court knew more about he law than she could claim to know. She trusted these unknown white men to decide her fate fairly without even giving a thought to the possibility of receiving a prejudiced ruling. In fact Laura is content to sit quietly during the proceedings until the judge asked her to defend herself. She tries to refuse but only when the judge convinces her that she would be helping him a great deal if she told her side of the story does she give in and speak up on her own behalf. Laura makes a point of stating that she did bar Beasley from Celestine's home when he tried to enter and take her wealth of antique furniture and sliver. When he

Justine Moritz has been accused of killing William Frankenstein. Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I stand by to tell you why Justine is innocent. The evidence to falsely accuse Justine Moritz is not enough to be punished eternally. To take her innocent life away for a crime she did not commit is wrong without reasonable evidence. In my mind, I truthfully believe Justine Moritz did not kill William Frankenstein. With the little evidence presented, it is clear and convincing that she did not kill him. I will be stating facts and nothing but facts to the people of the jury.

shadow of a doubt that Justine Moritz is innocent of this crime. Justine Moritz is blameless in the matter of William's death,

The female characters in Frankenstein represent the treatment of women in the early 1800’s. Women who are deprived of their female roles and are enclosed in a feminine sphere of domesticity. In the novel, Frankenstein, the women characters are treated as property and have little privileges in relationship to the male characters, the women suffer and are eventually destroyed showing how unimportant they are in the book’s society, and when it comes to reproduction of human’s, man thinks it pointless to have women play that role. These attacks on the innocent prove that women are second-rate in the novel.

Finally, as the day drew closer for Marlene’s execution, she became more anxious, begging Jerry to save her life. Although, knowing he could do nothing. On the day of the execution, a priest visited her. “I need your help, to prove I am not guilty,” Marlene asked, as he entered the cell.

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein demonstrates a variety of women from distinct backgrounds where the majority faces a doomed fate due to the patriarchal society. Furthermore, the overall representation of women in Frankenstein is passiveness and submissiveness towards the decision and actions of men; they are portrayed as absent due to their minor roles. The “absence” of women could have been the very reason why there are so many downfalls throughout the novel. The death of Victor’s mother due to scarlet fever, the innocent Justine executed, Elizabeth (the beautiful wife) killed by the creature, proves the powerlessness and the passive nature of women that led to their unfortunate death even though, the only woman, Safie broke the chains of the

For the defendant to be found guilty of murder, the burden is placed on the prosecutor “to prove the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt” (Neubauer & Fradella, 2014, p. 33). In other words, the prosecutor, Mr. Myer must present a strong case to satisfy the jury “that charges against the defendant are almost certainly true” (Neubauer & Fradella, 2014, p. 35). When the trial started, the evidence was strong enough for a guilty verdict. The prosecution had three witnesses to support the claim that Vole killed Emily French. The first witness, Inspector Hearne, provided the court with blood evidence on the sleeve of Vole’s jacket; however, during cross-examination, Sir Wilfrid disputed the evidence because Vole’s blood type was not excluded as the donor. The second witness was Janet McKenize, Mrs. French’s hard of hearing housekeeper, who stated she heard Vole and Mrs. French talking on the night of the murder; nevertheless, during cross-examination, Sir Wilfrid discredited her testimony when he proved to the jury that she was hard of hearing. The climax of the prosecution came when Mr. Myers, after objections by Sir Wilfrid, called Christine Helm, Vole’s wife, to the stand. Christine was thought to be the wife of Vole but provided

In 1644, civil war had struck in York, England. The King was in trouble; the Parliaments were against him. Even though a war was going on Bridget Hodgson had problems of her own. Bridget’s good friend who is Esther Cooper is punished of murdering (poisoning) her husband Stephen Cooper and is sentence to burn at the stake. Although she is convicted of treason, Bridget believes she is innocent and takes it in her hands to save her friend. Although she is going to be burned at the stake her time is sent back a little since Bridget says Esther is pregnant. So, this gives them both time to investigate the true killer.