Which Gothic novel includes a character named Justine Moritz?

The Gothic novel featuring Justine Moritz is Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.

Justine is a young servant in the Frankenstein household and is treated with affection by Victor Frankenstein’s family, particularly Elizabeth Lavenza. Her life changes when Victor’s Creature murders William Frankenstein, Victor’s younger brother, and plants evidence that implicates Justine.

Although Victor suspects the Creature is responsible, he does not reveal what he knows. Justine is tried for William’s murder and convicted after a miniature portrait is found among her possessions. She explains that she cannot account for how it got there, but the court rejects her defense. Under pressure, she falsely confesses and is executed.

The episode is central to the novel’s themes of injustice, social prejudice, and the consequences of Victor’s silence. Readers also commonly call the Creature “Frankenstein,” but Frankenstein is Victor’s surname; Justine’s story belongs to the 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.