Elizabeth Frankenstein

Elizabeth Frankenstein (née Lavenza) is the fiancée of Victor Frankenstein and his adopted cousin. This is true for the 1818 version of the novel, in which Elizabeth (who is four years younger than Victor) is the daughter of Alphonse Frankenstein's deceased sister, but in the 1831 version of the novel, Elizabeth is instead rescued by Victor's mother Caroline from a peasant cottage in Italy. When Caroline dies of scarlet fever, contracted from Elizabeth, Elizabeth is immediately placed in the maternal role of the Frankenstein family. She acts as one of Victor’s closest allies and supports in the book. That is until, unfortunately, on her and Victor’s wedding night; when she is alone and unprotected by Victor in they’re honeymoon cottage, the Frankenstein Monster attacks and strangles Elizabeth to death in revenge for Victor breaking his promise of creating a bride for him.

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