“The figure passed me quickly, and I lost it in the gloom. Nothing in human shape could have destroyed that fair child. He was the murderer! I could not doubt it. The mere presence of the idea was an irresistible proof of the fact.” (Shelley, page 75)
Having Victor spend so much time creating Frankenstein, so much time in fact that he was sleep-deprived and lost contact with his family makes it seem strange that he was so quick to accuse Frankenstein of killing his brother. Could it have been that Victor felt so guilty about what he had created that he felt it necessary to do anything to be rid of it? Not only guilty but fearful of the creature. Victor maybe blames himself for some of this but wants to lay most of the fault on his creation. It would make sense that he did not want to be blamed because if he was ok with the thought of being blamed then he would have not allowed Justine to die for something that he was so sure that she did not do.
I visited your site today! I think your analysis of this quote is spot on. Victor so easily places the weight of these issues on his creation in an attempt to avoid the embarrassment and guilt. I like that point.
Visited on 1/29. Interesting choice of quote! The theme of prejudice is very prominent in the novel and raises many question pertinent to the Victorian era and our present!