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What did the creature tell Frankenstein about the locket?
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The creature tells Frankenstein that he encountered William, Frankenstein's brother, near Geneva. After learning William's identity, the creature strangles him in anger. Discovering a locket with Caroline Frankenstein's likeness on William, the creature frames Justine Moritz for the murder by placing the locket in her dress while she sleeps. This act underscores the creature's intent to make Frankenstein suffer, especially after Frankenstein refuses to create a female companion for him.
In Chapter Sixteen, the creature tells Victor Frankenstein that he met Frankenstein's younger brother, William by chance when he was traveling near Geneva. When William identifies himself as the son of M. Frankenstein, the creature strangles him in a fit of rage. Once William is dead, the creature notices that he had been wearing a locket with a likeness of Caroline Frankenstein inside it. The creature takes the locket and hides it in the folds of the dress Justine Moritz is wearing while she is sleeping. In this way, the creature successfully frames Justine for the murder of William.
In Chapter Seventeen, the creature goes on to say that Frankenstein must make a female companion for him. When Frankenstein refuses, the monster says that he will then make it his life's work to make his creator miserable; the murder of William and the framing of Justine with the locket make the creature's assertion believable.
The creature tells Victor that he grabbed Willie in the hopes of "training" the youngster to accept him since bigotry and prejudice is taught through experience, not inherent. As the child struggles, the creature notices the locket. He looks into it at the very beautiful woman and almost is captured by her beauty and the goodness her likeness exudes. Then, he is seized by the reality that the world is made for the beautiful--not for those like himself. Overwhelmed by rage, he breaks Willie's neck and then frames Justine, another beautiful creature, for the murder by slipping the locket into her pocket as she slept in the out building.
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