Frankenstein
Victor and Elizabeth
What is Shelley's intent when she has Victor characterize Elizabeth as "the saintly soul (who) shone like a shrine-dedicated lamp in our peaceful home?" What role does this characterization set for Elizabeth?
What is Shelley's intent when she has Victor characterize Elizabeth as "the saintly soul (who) shone like a shrine-dedicated lamp in our peaceful home?" What role does this characterization set for Elizabeth?
Elizabeth is presented as being angelically good and incomparably beauty: she represents ideal womanhood and its promises of love and comfort. Victor puts her on a pedestal which sets her up to be taken away by the creature.