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Death of Alphonse Frankenstein from "Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus". Victor returns to Geneva and tells his father the news of Elizabeth's death.

after Elizabeth's murder

Death of Alphonse Frankenstein

Victor returns to Geneva and tells his father the news of Elizabeth's death. The shock is too much for the elderly Alphonse, who dies in Victor's arms a few days later. Victor is now utterly alone, his entire family destroyed by the monster. He is consumed by a maddening desire for revenge.