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What makes Emily the ultimate is her arc. She is not a monster; she is a jilted lover who was murdered for her dowry. She represents the pain of unfulfilled promises. When she finally lets Victor go to the living Victoria, she dissolves into a thousand butterflies—the most "alive" moment for any dead character in cinema.
The search term is not a search for a horror villain. It is a search for a metaphor. Emily is every woman who was promised eternity and given a shallow grave. She is every relationship that died at the altar. corpse.bride