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Adopted into the Frankenstein family as a child, she is Victor's devoted companion and later his bride.
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Story role
Victor's companion and bride
Background
An orphan taken into the Frankenstein home as a child (Chapter 1).
Physical appearance
"a child fairer than pictured cherub" (Chapter 1). "Her hair was the brightest living gold" (Chapter 1).
Personality
Victor: "The saintly soul of Elizabeth shone like a shrine-dedicated lamp" (Chapter 2).
Relationships
Raised with Victor and later marries him. Close to Justine Moritz.
Character arc
Killed by the Creature on her wedding night (Chapter 23).
Source note
Quotes and chapter numbers are from the 1831 edition of Frankenstein. Fields left empty where the novel does not say.