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Elizabeth's Love For Long Time Analysis

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Is it possible to wait for someone you love for long time? The answer is yes. In the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Elizabeth was adopted to Victor’s family, and was described as a beautiful women. Elizabeth represents the passive women, who has no rights, weak, and empowered by Victor. Victor decides to leave Elizabeth and follows his passion. Victor goes to university to create his monster and stay there for long time. Victor 's passion about creating the monster is more important than staying with Elizabeth. When Victor was there for long time busy creating the monster, he loses contact with elizabeth, which made her thought that Victor found someone else he loves or he doesn’t love her anymore. This illustrates women weakness and inferiority. Elizabeth doesn’t have any power over Victor because her love is only from one side. In past and present men believes that women belong to men as if they were property or they cannot speak for themself. Elizabeth is willing to do anything just to make victor happy. On the other side, Victor is not willing to do anything for elizabeth to make satisfied, he sees her as property he leaves whenever he wants, and comes back also whenever he wants as if she is not there or she no feelings or emotions. …show more content…

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He goes on multiple journeys, learning about the monster’s life along the way. Though Victor is willing at this point to do anything to get rid of his monster, he is still willing to create a female one to please his first monster. He does still have some sort of conscience as he decides to scrap the second monster. That decision was good for the world, but created a disaster for Frankenstein. His monster killed Elizabeth, Victor’s one true love, on their wedding night.

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