"Elizabeth was saved, but the consequences of this imprudence were fatal to her perserver. On the third day my mother sickened; her fever was accompanied by the most alarming symptoms and the looks of her medical attendants prognosticated the worst event. On her death-bed the fortitude and benignity of this best woman did not desert her. She joined the hands of Elizabeth and myself. 'My children...my firmest hopes of future happiness were placed on the prospect of your union.'" (pages 23-24) This quote establishes the reason that Elizabeth was brought into the Frankenstein family so many years ago. She was adopted by Victor's parents with the intention that she would end up marrying Victor. This is extremely different from our society hundreds of years later because we would never consider adopting someone so they could marry another person they would then be related to. In this case, a brother and adopted sister would be an extremely odd pairing. Nevertheless, Victor seems to be madly in love with his Elizabeth from a very young age and he speaks about her in beautiful terms. I suppose it's better than being blood brother and sister and wanting to get married. That just plain freaks me out...and probably the rest of society as well. Even though I haven't gotten through much of the story yet, I have a feeling Elizabeth will be an important character in many ways but especially because she is Victor's love and she will somehow be affected by the newly created creature.
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