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Elizabeth Lavenza - Coggle Diagram
Elizabeth Lavenza
maternal responsibility
strong sense of maternal responsibility - when Frankenstein's mother dies, Elizabeth carries out her dying request to look after the 'younger children'.
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acts of benevolence are more recognized and praised by society because she is the ideal, pretty woman
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"fairer than a garden rose among dark-leaved brambles" - simile: adds imagery of delicacy and fragile
could be seen as a negative as a 'garden rose' could suggest Elizabeth is too weak to be out in the world and that she should be looked after and cared for
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this could foreshadow that the actions of both the monster and Victor will kill Elizabeth and destroy the delicate, fragile 'garden rose' which will inevitability fade in colour and die
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seen as a possession - Frankenstein believes that this demonstrates how much he loved her, but his story suggests that he took her for granted
we rarely hear from her in her own words and some readers have suggested that she is silenced by Frankenstein, who tells her story without understanding her or taking responsibility for his role in her death
'Victor's adopted sister and later wife, whose death at the hands of the monster further intensifies Victor's guilt and self-reproach'
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seen as a forward thinking woman with democratic values - she is proud of being Genevan and is happy to see equality between classes in Switzerland
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