Justine Moritz

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Justine Moritz is a gentle, devout young woman in Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" who becomes a tragic victim of injustice when she is wrongfully executed for a murder committed by Victor Frankenstein's creature.

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Justine Moritz canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
appearsIn Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus
appearsInAdaptationOf various film adaptations of Frankenstein
characterTrait devout
gentle
kind
patient
pious
closeTo Elizabeth Lavenza
confessesTo murder of William Frankenstein
confessionMotivation pressure from her confessor
convictedOf murder of William Frankenstein
createdBy Mary Shelley
deathCause hanging
employedBy Alphonse Frankenstein
Caroline Beaufort Frankenstein
Frankenstein family
executedFor murder of William Frankenstein
firstAppearance Frankenstein, Volume I
gender female
genre Gothic fiction
indirectlyKilledBy Victor Frankenstein’s creature
linked to: the Creature
killedBy judicial execution
knows Elizabeth Lavenza
Victor Frankenstein
William Frankenstein
literaryRole minor character
livesWith Frankenstein family
narratedBy Elizabeth Lavenza
Victor Frankenstein
nationality Swiss
occupation servant
relationshipTo servant to the Frankenstein household
religion Catholicism
linked to: Roman Catholicism
setting Geneva
Swiss Alps
symbolizes innocence
social injustice
the suffering of the innocent
timePeriod 18th century (fictional setting)
victimOf miscarriage of justice
the creature’s crime
workPublicationYear 1818
wronglyAccusedOf murder of William Frankenstein

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the Creature frames Justine Moritz
Alphonse Frankenstein relative Justine Moritz