Why did Mary Shelley revise Frankenstein in 1831 to change the character Elizabeth from a cousin of Victor to an apoted Italian orphan?
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One view is that Shelley changed Elizabeth's relationship to Victor in order to avoid allegations of incest. The other prevalent view is that "When Elizabeth becomes a non-relative, the people whom the monster kills and against whom Victor rebels are mostly not Victor's relatives."
https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/frankenstein/section2