Justine

• Who is Justine?

  Justine is the maid. She doubles with the monster as she is neglected and has a complex relationship with her mother. She gracefully suffers in the face of Justice
• Justine as a Catholic


  Justine confesses as she is Catholic. It mirrors the monster and satan’s fall from grace.
• ‘the most grateful little creature in the world’


  Justine was idyllic, destined to be destroyed by the monster
• ‘she was Roman Catholic’


  religious background
• ‘the appearance of Justine was calm. she was dressed in mourning’


  Graceful in the face of injustice
• ‘exquisitely beautiful’


  monster is opposite however they are both condemned by society
• ‘God knows how entirely innocent I am’

  Justine cannot be innocent in the unjust world. Justine is condemned as society is prejudice to the lower class. She cannot rely on the truth in the unjust world. Despite being a servant, she is eloquent like the monster.