BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN
(and Romantic Feminism)
(and Romantic Feminism)
Victor, desperate to prevent the Monster from going on another murder spree, agreed to repeat the gruesome experiment and create a female companion. He got back to work, but prioritized his family and personal life. The Monster warned Victor that if he couldn't have a love interest created for him, he would track Victor down on his wedding night.
Elizabeth proposed to a broken-down and guilt ridden Victor, and they married. They tried to flee town for their honeymoon, but the ferry left and they settled for an inn, unknowing that the Monster was following them. Upon consummating their marriage, they were interrupted by an angry Monster who had been watching in jealousy. He wanted what they had, finding Elizabeth desirable and ripping out her heart in front of Victor with a demand for her as his monster bride.
AGENCY FOR THE WOMAN !!!
Devastated and insane, Victor obliged and mutilated Elizabeth's corpse to match his first creation. He reanimated her, begging her to remember their love and dancing with her semiconscious and marred body. The Monster, wanting to claim Elizabeth for himself now, coaxed her toward him. Elizabeth had not yet realized the horror of her death and desecration, still in a haze from death and confused by the two demanding her companionship in the laboratory until she felt the stitches on her body. Hating Victor for disfiguring her, disgusted by the Monster and what had been done to her, she took her fate into her own hands and chose suicide by igniting herself on fire. Though tragic, this final act captures the Romantic spirit of feminism and women's rights.