Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Elizabeth Lavenza
- "Elizabeth also
suffered extreme
anguish"
- "She was very earnest to see
the corpse...she persisted."
- "Come, dearest Victor; you
alone can console Elizabeth."
- Orphan of noble origins adopted by the
Frankenstein family.
- It is intended that Victor
Frankenstein should marry
Elizabeth.
- Victor and Elizabeth marry
after Clerval's death
- The creature (monster)
murders Elizabeth on their
wedding night.
- "Fairer than a garden rose
among dark-leaved brambles."
- Initially singled out for
her beauty.
- Caroline Frankenstein
(Victor's mother), moulds
her into the 'ideal woman'.
- Elizabeth avidly embraces this idea.
- Like the monster,
Elizabeth is set apart,
viewed as being of a
'distinct species'.
- Religious imagery - VERY important
in descriptions of Elizabeth.
- 'heaven sent'
- Elizabeth means 'gift of God'.
- 'celestial eyes' and
'saintly soul' she is highly
spiritualised.
- 'living spirit of love'
- Generally characterised in
terms of her effects on others.
- Her ability to 'soften and
attract' is seen as woman's
most treasured gift.
- Opposite of the egotistical Victor.
- She is self-effacing
and passive
- Her concerns are limited to the
domestic circle and to caring for others.