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Frankenstein Chapter 21-24 Summary

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In chapters 21 - 24, Mr. Kirwin accuses Victor for the murder of Henry Clerval. Realizing that it was Henry’s corpse, Victor falls into seizure and becomes ill for awhile. Upon his recovery, Alphonse visits Victor until his court is over and receives a letter from Elizabeth. While reading the letter, they both decide to go home and plan a marriage for Victor and Elizabeth. As the wedding begins to take its toll, Victor is overthinking of the fact the monster will show up at the wedding. As they go back to their house, Victor wanders around the house to find the monster, however, Elizabeth screams and gets killed by the monster. Few days later, Victor’s father died and he devotes to find and destroy his creation. Leaving his past memories, Victor

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