History Literature / TheDarkDescentOfElizabethFrankenstein

* DeliberateValuesDissonance: It goes with the time period. Elizabeth actually takes advantage of everyone's low expectations of her more than once. There's also her upbringing, plus her marrying a boy she’s basically been raised with. Not to mention that women of any social class are denied formal education, women can be put away in a BedlamHouse on the say so if their husbands, child abuse isn’t punished and [[spoiler: Elizabeth’s family fortune is given to Victor upon marriage.]] It's portrayed as a bad time for women, which it was.

* AdaptationalJerkass: Elizabeth is a far cry from the sweet, gentle woman in the original book. She’s hardened by her unhappy early years and is very aware of her place, and using Victor and the Frankensteins to survive.

* IllegalGuardian: Elizabeth’s first caretaker after her father was taken away. She physically and verbally abused little Elizabeth and is the reason behind Elizabeth’s mentality.

* AdaptationalJerkass: Elizabeth is a far cry from the sweet, gentle woman in the original book.

* DeliberateValuesDissonance: It goes with the time period. Elizabeth actually takes advantage of everyone's low expectations of her more than once. There's also her upbringing, plus her marrying a boy she’s basically been raised with. Not to mention that women of any social class are denied formal education, child abuse isn’t punished and [[spoiler: Elizabeth’s family fortune is given to Victor upon marriage.]] It's portrayed as a bad time for women, which it was.

* BedlamHouse: Elizabeth wakes up to find herself incarcerated in an asylum because of Victor's machinations.

Elizabeth blames herself for William's death, since she assumes he was killed by a thief for the golden locket she gave him. The guilt only doubles when Justine is framed for the crime and executed. [[spoiler:Later on, after learning the truth, she once again blames herself because she did nothing to stop Victor's descent into madness and instead enabled him by constantly covering up his misdeeds]].

* DiesDifferentlyInTheAdaption:

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* DeliberateValuesDissonance: It goes with the time period. Elizabeth actually takes advantage of everyone's low expectations of her more than once. There's also her upbringing, plus her marrying a boy she’s basically been raised with. It's portrayed as a bad time for women, which it was.

* DiesDifferentlyInAdaption: In the original novel, Victor [[spoiler: dies from illness and despair after exposure in the Arctic Circle.]] Here, he [[spoiler: is drowned by Elizabeth.]]

* ItsAllMyFault: Elizabeth blames herself for William's death, since she assumes he was killed by a thief for the golden locket she gave him. The guilt only doubles when Justine is framed for the crime and executed. [[spoiler:Later on, after learning the truth, she once again blames herself because she did nothing to stop Victor's descent into madness and instead enabled him by constantly covering up his misdeeds]].

* NotBloodSiblings: Elizabeth and Victor were raised together, but were always planned to be married eventually.

With her place in the home at risk, Elizabeth takes her friend Justine and begins to search for him. But during her search she begins to uncover secrets, and once she finds him, the darkness of her life only increases. Not only does she find out about her experiments, but murders begin to happen with alarming speed because of them. She also discovers how far Victor is willing to go for them...and that obsession and insanity may very well consume them both.

* PutOnaBus: Ernest, Victor's middle brother, is sent to school in Paris after Justine's execution and is barely mentioned in the story afterward. [[spoiler:He ends up being the sole survivor of the Frankenstein family after Elizabeth drowns Victor in the final chapter]].

* ChildhoodFriendRomance: A dark deconstruction. Elizabeth perfects herself to become Victor’s ideal person, and Victor’s love for her is more akin to obsession. It's also what Henry hoped for with Elizabeth, but [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend he didn't succeed.]]

* DrFrankenstein: Victor Frankenstein is husband to Elizabeth Lavenza. He is also [[AdaptationalVillainy depicted here as far more evil than the original book]] being a psycho SerialKiller and {{Yandere}} to Elizabeth. [[spoiler:Adam Frankenstein's crimes from the original novel are Victor's in this version]].

* ForegoneConclusion: Anyone who’s read the original knows that [[spoiler: William and Justine die.]] However, it's subverted with [[spoiler: Elizabeth’s fate.]]

* LoveMakesYouCrazy/ LoveMakesYouEvil: Victor again. He began his experiments in triumphing over death after almost losing Elizabeth to illness. Plus, he [[spoiler: frames Justine for William's murder because of her friendship with Elizabeth, and mutilated Henry and left him to die after finding out he had feelings for her as well.]]

* RightForTheWrongReasons: Ever since William and Justine's deaths, Elizabeth believes she is in serious danger because of a murderer or monster. However, [[spoiler:it isn't until her wedding night that she comes to discover Victor is the real threat]].

* {{Yandere}}: If you haven't guessed already, [[spoiler: Victor has a deep obsession with Elizabeth and is willing to do anything to keep her as his, even frame and indirectly kill her closest friend.]] This line basically says it all:
--> [[spoiler: Victor:]] "You are [[EntitledToHaveYou mine.]] I will never stop. I will follow you to the ends of the earth. And then you will know my power, and you will worship me as your creator, and we will be happy together."

Elizabeth Lavenza was a mistreated orphan, until one day she is brought to the Frankenstein family, where she meets Victor, a solitary, strange young boy who has no friends. Using her charms, they quickly become inseparable, especially as she is the only one to be able to handle his moods and temper. But once they get older, Victor leaves for school and seemingly vanishes. With her place in the home at risk, Elizabeth takes her friend Justine and begins to search for him. But during her search she begins to uncover secrets, and once she finds him, the darkness of her life only increases. Not only does she find out about her experiments, but murders begin to happen with alarming speed because of them. She also discovers how far Victor is willing to go for them...and that obsession and insanity may very well consume them both.

!!The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein contains:

* AdultFear: William, a little boy going missing and [[spoiler: being found not only dead, but murdered.]]

* DeathOfAChild: Like in the original book, [[spoiler: William is murdered.]]

* CrazyJealousGuy: Hoo boy, ''Victor.'' As a child he didn’t want to be seperated from Elizabeth even for school, and he didn’t react well to Henry kissing her. As an adult, [[spoiler: he’s much worse, orchestrating Justine’s death not only for his experiments, but because he was jealous of Elizabeth's love for her.]]

* RightForTheWrongReasons: Ever since William and Justine's deaths, Elizabeth believes she is serious danger because of a murderer or monster. However, [[spoiler:it isn't until her wedding night that she comes to discover Victor is the real threat]].

* {{Yandere}}: If you haven't guessed already, [[spoiler: Victor has a deep obsession with Elizabeth, and is willing to do anything to keep her as his, even frame and indirectly kill her closest friend.]] This line basically says it all:

* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: Elizabeth and Justine, heightened by the fact that their friendship is one of the few relationships where Elizabeth has nothing to gain from it. It also says something that [[spoiler: Victor orchestrates Justine's death because of how close she and Elizabeth were.]] Elizabeth also later forms this with [[spoiler: [[MeaningfulName Mary]] Delgado.]]

* {{Patricide}}: Victor murdered his own father.

* WomanInWhite: Done purposefully by Elizabeth, since Victor likes her in white.

* AdaptationalIntelligence: In the original ''Literature/Frankenstein'', Elizabeth is portrayed as a sweet, kind woman who is devoted to Victor. Here, she’s a calculating woman who knows how to play people very well, and who has made her personality and appearance tailor made for Victor to ensure her safety and comfort.

* AdaptationExpansion: This shows Elizabeth’s backstory, including parts of her life before she met the Frankensteins, how she met Justine, and scenes of her childhood with Victor, Henry, and Justine.