Sorrow

"The first of these sorrows that are meant to ween us from the earth, had visited her, and its dimming influence quenched her dearest smiles." (63)

One could not live forever, because there are too many sorrows that fill the heart. Elizabeth's sorrows grows as the ones dear to her die. She changes as tragedies are presented to her and she eventually dies. Victor Frankenstein is constantly being filled with sorrow until he dies from the wearing that the pain had caused.