Characterization English 11 Question 8 Consider this excerpt

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Characterization English 11 Question 8 Consider this excerpt from Frankenstein by Mary Shelley With his permission my mother prevailed on her rustic guardians to yield their charge to her They were fond of the sweet orphan Her presence had seemed a blessing to them but it would be unfair to her to keep her in poverty and want when Providence afforded her such powerful protection They consulted their village priest and the result was that Elizabeth Lavenza became the inmate of my parents house In this excerpt Shelley reveals the character of Victor s mother through Select one O Internal thoughts and feelings of Victor s mother O Physical appearance of Victor s mother O Attitudes and reactions of others toward Victor s mother O Behavior and actions of Victor s mother When my father returned from Milan he found playing with me in the hall of our villa a child fairer than pictured cherub a creature who seemed to shed radiance from her looks and whose form and motions were lighter than the chamois of the hills The apparition was soon explained With his permission my mother prevailed on her rustic guardians to yield their charge to her They were fond of the sweet orphan Her presence had seemed a blessing to them but it would be unfair to her to keep her in poverty and want when Providence afforded her such powerful protection They consulted their village priest and the result was that Elizabeth Lavenza became the inmate of my parents house my more than sister the beautiful and adored companion of all my occupations and my pleasures Everyone loved Elizabeth The passionate and almost reverential attachment with which all regarded her became while I shared it my pride and my delight On the evening previous to her being brought to my home my mother had said playfully I have a pretty present for my Victor tomorrow he shall have it And when on the morrow she presented Elizabeth to me as her promised gift I with childish seriousness interpreted her words literally and looked upon Elizabeth as mine mine to protect love and cherish All praises bestowed on her I received as made to a possession of my own We called each other familiarly by the name of cousin No word no expression could body forth the kind of relation in which she stood to me my more than sister since till death she was to be mine only