1. Frankenstein, A Psychoanalytical Approach
... 46). Victor wants to cure disease and raise the dead: perhaps, he wants to reunite Elizabeth with her parents and regain his own mother's love. When Elizabeth becomes ill with scarlet fever, Victor describes to Walton his mother's behavior, "the life of her favourite was menaced, she could no longer control her anxiety" (49). Of course, Caroline contracts ... scarlet fever and upon her deathbed directly expresses her love to Elizabeth only. As Victor recounts this event to Walton, Victor shares "when the lapse of time proves the reality of ... ...
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