What message might Victor be missing when he dreams that his kiss turns Elizabeth into a corpse?
In Chapter 5, Victor creates a creature that comes to life, but he becomes terrified of his creation. He was unable to sleep that night, but when he does, he begins to have nightmares. In the dream of his, he kisses Elizabeth while he watches her turn into his mother's corpse. I believe that the message that Victor is missing is the his dream of Elizabeth turning into a corpse may symbolize her near death. Before Elizabeth turns into a corpse, he says that her lips became “livid with the hue of death” (59), and this foreshadows her near death by connecting the word “death” with Elizabeth.He also says that he see’s a “shroud envelope her form, and I saw grave worms crawling in the folds of the flannel”, and this immediately emphasizes the concept of death by telling that he see’s a cloth used for dead bodies around her. He not only see’s her turn into his dead mother, but see’s her wrapped in a cloth used to wrap dead bodies with. Victor is missing this message because of how he is so caught up with the romance in his dream about Elizabeth. I have also noticed that he tends to romanticize everything and this plays a large role on his perspective on situations like this one. The kiss may also foreshadow romance between Victor and Elizabeth where they might eventually begin a romantic relationship with each in the future, but be interrupted by Elizabeth's death. The message that Victor missed that Elizabeth’s death is near is incredibly important because it shows his blindness to negative situation because how he romanticizes everything. If Victor had noticed the symbolism of death, Elizabeth may have been saved and they may have been able to pursue a romantic relationship without the interruption of death that would cause more harm to Victor’s mental state.
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May 2017
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