l praises bestowed on her, I received as made to a possession of my own." Frankenstein goes on: "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." Furthermore, after Caroline dies, the main reason Frankenstein puts off his departure date for Ingolstadt is to console Elizabeth. This extreme tenderness is not reserved only for his cousin, however; Victor also feels great pain because Henry Clerval, his best friend, is not allowed to accompany him to Ingolstadt.
             Despite his love and geniality for his family, Frankenstein shows an aversion to socializing with those outside of his household. He admits this introversion himself early on in his narrative, speaking of himself as a young child: "It was my temper to avoid a crowd, and attach myself fervently to a few." He avoids befriending the majority of his classmates, being "indifferent" to them as a whole, but m
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