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Examples Of Climax In Frankenstein

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The novel’s climax is the result of the suspense of the rising action. Typically, after the climax, the previous events resolve themselves in the falling action and resolution. After the climax of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the creature seeks revenge on Victor, killing his family members as a result of Victor’s betrayal. Despite the reader’s belief that Frankenstein’s climax is Elizabeth’s murder, the actual climax occurs when Victor destroys the creature's mate.

Elizabeth’s murder results from the destruction of the creature’s mate. Shelley uses the climax of the novel to foreshadow events in the falling action. Victor’s destroying of the creature’s mate foreshadows Elizabeth’s death. The murder of the monster’s mate represents the

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