"These are my confessions..."

"I did confess; but I confessed a lie. I confessed, that I might obtain absolution..." (Shelley 77).

Here, Justine has confessed to a murder that she did not commit.

Because of the fact that she lied, can Justine truly call this a "confession"? If not, what characteristics disqualify this as a "confession"?

Your thoughts as well...

Using Frankenstein as evidence, which is the greater wrong: telling a deliberate lie or withholding the truth?  Are the consequences the same or different?  What justification, if any, is there for doing either? 

Your thoughts too...

How does Shelley engender sympathy in the reader for the creature?

Your thoughts...

Why might Shelley have used a prolonged illness, in a sense, to separate Victor from the creature?

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Ponder this as well...

What does Shelley show happening when we violate the natural order?

Ponder this too...

Why is Walton exploring the arctic? What is his internal motivation? What social commentary does Shelley make about this journey?

Ponder this...

How does Shelley develop the idea of the responsibilities of friendship from the letters to chapter 5?

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