What Is Victor's Relationship In Frankenstein
Torn Between Two Loves
In Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein's relationship with Elizabeth Lavenza was for her to be his wife. The means of which Elizabeth was brought into the family was to marry Victor, and Victor felt that way from the first time he ever met Elizabeth. Eventually Victor's mother's dying wish was for him to marry Elizabeth, his adopted sister. Victor would kill his wife because of his obsession with his work and creating a monster out of other human's body parts. When in fact the monster he was creating was within him as he became more and more obsessed with studying science.
In order to understand how Victor's relationship with Elizabeth you must look into Victor's past. As a child Victor's …show more content…
"In the most comprehensive sense of the term, became nearly my sole occupation." (35). Victor became obsessed with his work reading books and attending lectures " and cultivating the acquaintance of men of the men of science "
(35). Young Victor would become more obsessed with the sciences and feeling that he was making rapid progress. And with the more Victor became interested in his work he began to lose track of home. "Two years had passes in this manner, during which o paid no visit to Geneva, but was engaged, heart and soul, in the pursuit of some discoveries which I hoped to make" (35). With Victor putting his heart and soul into his work, how could it be possible for him to marry Elizabeth? How could Victor make these discoveries if he was to wed Elizabeth?
Victor's obsession with work would make him think twice about his marriage to Elizabeth. Victor could continue his work and put his "heart and soul" into his work or he could put his "heart and soul" into a marriage with Elizabeth. Or he could continue his work and "renew life where death had apparently devoted the body to corruption" (39). Victor was so obsessed with his work he believed that he could create a human being using dead people's body parts. Victor would end up returning to Geneva believing that he created a monster being using dead people's body parts. But which the monster was him, and his love for his
In Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein's relationship with Elizabeth Lavenza was for her to be his wife. The means of which Elizabeth was brought into the family was to marry Victor, and Victor felt that way from the first time he ever met Elizabeth. Eventually Victor's mother's dying wish was for him to marry Elizabeth, his adopted sister. Victor would kill his wife because of his obsession with his work and creating a monster out of other human's body parts. When in fact the monster he was creating was within him as he became more and more obsessed with studying science.
In order to understand how Victor's relationship with Elizabeth you must look into Victor's past. As a child Victor's …show more content…
"In the most comprehensive sense of the term, became nearly my sole occupation." (35). Victor became obsessed with his work reading books and attending lectures " and cultivating the acquaintance of men of the men of science "
(35). Young Victor would become more obsessed with the sciences and feeling that he was making rapid progress. And with the more Victor became interested in his work he began to lose track of home. "Two years had passes in this manner, during which o paid no visit to Geneva, but was engaged, heart and soul, in the pursuit of some discoveries which I hoped to make" (35). With Victor putting his heart and soul into his work, how could it be possible for him to marry Elizabeth? How could Victor make these discoveries if he was to wed Elizabeth?
Victor's obsession with work would make him think twice about his marriage to Elizabeth. Victor could continue his work and put his "heart and soul" into his work or he could put his "heart and soul" into a marriage with Elizabeth. Or he could continue his work and "renew life where death had apparently devoted the body to corruption" (39). Victor was so obsessed with his work he believed that he could create a human being using dead people's body parts. Victor would end up returning to Geneva believing that he created a monster being using dead people's body parts. But which the monster was him, and his love for his