The four others were dark eyed, hardly little vagrants; this child was thin and very fair" (Ch. 1 pg. 27) this was the moment that Victor first laid eyes on Elizabeth, as Harold bloom describes her "Elizabeth is characterized as pure compassion and trusting, and she is eventually devoted to victor and her family. ... Weeks before Victor would go to college Elizabeth contracts scarlet fever and nursed back to health by Caroline who unfortunately contracts it and dies. ...

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It is time for Victor to take his scientific mind to university, but Elizabeth lies near death of scarlet fever. ... He meets the creature who has acquired the ability to speak and reason articulately (in a little more than two years time). ...

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"(21) He also describes himself "to a great degree, self taught"(21) It seems that his father is not interested enough in what his son is studying, and takes little notice of what he is doing. The first tragedy in his life occurs when he is seventeen and his mother dies having contracted Scarlet Fever from Elizabeth, his adoptive sister, while nursing her. ...

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The idea of innocent boys going into savagery is a little out of the ordinary though. Many show little or no signs of any sort of violence. ... Supposed to bring back life, this after he lost his mother to scarlet fever. ... Elizabeth was the practical one in Frankenstein, like Piggy she was supportive of her Husband (Ralph), but unlike Piggy she had little idea what exactly that was. ...

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Frankenstein, written by Mary Shelly, is about Victor Frankenstein's thirst for forbidden knowledge. The story begins with Walton, a sailor, telling his sister he had finally met a true friend named Victor. Victor comes on to Walton's ship ill and unable to speak. Walton nurses him for days until he...

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