The act of keeping quiet about something implies the potential to be found out and liable to consequences. In the case of Victor Frankenstein, whose concealed knowledge which stems from and influence the exchange of life and death, have fatal outcomes that affect not only the bearer of the secret, but also those closest around him. In Volume I, Victor became the creator of the Creature, who was a living being constructed from the body parts of deceased humans. The subsequent abandonment of the Creature as soon as it was alive resulted in his lonely navigation of the world where he had discovered that all humans — including its creator Victor — considered it a hideous and demonic ‘thing’. This rejection by everyone maddened the Creature; he hated Victor for bringing him to life and deserting him, vowing to take revenge, not only against his creator but also his family and friends.
Volume II, Chapter 1 focuses on the mentality of Victor Frankenstein as he rethinks his actions from Volume I, Chapter 8, where Justine is unjustly convicted of the murder of William, his brother; the perpetrator was the Creature himself. Later in the chapter, Victor’s miserable mental state is further worsened by these deaths, and he felt immensely guilty for the execution of Justine, who was wrongly blamed for his murder. All this was on the background of his knowledge that he had created a…
