Victor Frankenstein was a multi-dimensional character. We see that he is obsessed with death and the reanimation of human life. This whole obsession rules his life. Being married to Elizabeth can actually been seen as the human side of Victor. The way Victor describes Elizabeth, shows us that he has real feeling for her, although he leaves her at many times.
"She was docile and good tempered, yet gay and playful as a summer insect. Although she was lively and animated, her feelings were strong and deep, and her disposition uncommonly affectionate. No one could better enjoy liberty, yet no one could submit with more grace than she did to constraint and caprice. Her imagination was luxuriant, yet her capability of application was great. Her person was the image of her mind: her hazel eyes, although as lively as a bird's possessed an attractive softness. Her figure was light and airy: and though capable of enduring great fatigue, she appeared the most fragile creature in the world. While I admired her understanding and fancy I loved to tend on her, as I should on a favorite animal; and I never saw so much grace both of a person and mind united to so little pretension."
Although Victor may have loved Elizabeth, his love seems to come more after her death. His obsessions ruled his life and in the end, cost him his wife's life.
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