...intentions. The changes made to the novel are usually benign. Although Frankenstein's creation dream ("I thought that I held the corpse of my dead mother in my arms" [58]) is missing, her death is clearly the impetus for his Monster-making — when she dies giving...

...saw Elizabeth, in the bloom of health, walking in the streets of Ingolstadt. Delighted and surprised, I embraced her; but as I imprinted the first kiss...I held the corpse of my dead mother in my arms; a shroud enveloped her form, and I saw the grave-worms crawling in the folds of the flannel. I started...

...made of other dead limbs. When he dreams he embraces Lavenza, blooming with health, he finds her lips "became livid with the hue of death; her features...I held the corpse of my dead mother in my arms; a shroud enveloped her form, and I saw the grave-worms crawling in the folds of the flannel" (F 40)....

...of health, walking the streets of Ingolstadt. "Delighted and surprised, he embraced her, but as he imprinted the first kiss on her lips, they became...hue of death; her features appeared to change, and he thought that he held the corpse of (24) in his arms." (25) When Victor wanders through the city...

...saw Elizabeth, in the bloom of health, walking in the streets of Ingolstadt. Delighted and surprised, I embraced her, but as I imprinted the first kiss...I held the corpse of my dead mother in my arms; a shroud enveloped her form, and I saw the grave-worms crawling in the folds of flannel. I started from...

...saw Elizabeth, in the bloom of health, walking in the streets of Ingolstadt. Delighted and surprised, I embraced her; but as I imprinted the first kiss...I held the corpse of my dead mother in my arms; a shroud enveloped her form, and I saw the graveworms crawling in the folds of the flannel. I started...

...saw Elizabeth in the bloom of health, walking in the streets of Ingolstadt. Delighted and surprised, I embraced her, but as I imprinted the first kiss...I held the corpse of my dead mother in my arms; a shroud enveloped her form, and I saw the grave worms crawling in the folds of flanneL I started from...

...kiss. She pulls away. CLAIRE [Reads] "I thought I saw my beloved walking in the streets of Ingolstadt. I embraced her but as I imprinted the first kiss on...they became livid with the hue of death; her features changed and I beheld the corpse of my dead mother in my arms, and I saw the grave worms crawling in...

...spreads to Victor's dream of his beloved Elizabeth: "Delighted and surprised, I embraced her [Elizabeth]; but as I imprinted the first kiss on her lips, they became livid with the hue of death" (58). On the level of his unconscious, Victor displays not only a horror of blackness, and heterosexuality,...

...Frankenstein recalls his dream that after kissing Elizabeth on the lips, her features became transformed, "and I thought that I held the corpse of my dead mother in my arms" (86). Mother, wife, and sister blur, and Victor "feels himself failed by women on every side."55 Just...