Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley also writes about the theme of secrecy. When the character Victor knows that Justine did not kill William but that the creature killed William he felt so much guilt and is overcome with this feeling of disgust within himself. In chapter eight Victor says, “During the whole of this wretched mockery of justice I suffered living torture”(Shelley 67). The theme of secrecy is tied too Shelleys belief that secrecy causes torture, because keeping important information is not okay.While the trial was in process Frankenstein said, “During this conversation I had retired to a corner of the prison-room, where I could conceal the horrid anguish that possessed me”(Shelley 71). Shelley writes this in order to convey her opinion
