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Frankenstein Women Essay

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In 1816, women were told to be submissive and quiet whose only job was to serve their husbands. During this time women’s main job was to be housewives and have children. They were known to be emotional who’s only desire was to have children. However some women at the time disagreed with this stereotype. Mary Shelley’s mother Mary Wollstonecraft was one of the main advocates for women rights at the time. In the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Victor Frankenstein is raised in a loving family. His mother, Caroline was “saved” by his father after the death of her father. After having Victor she adopted Elizabeth, a beautiful orphane. Elizabeth was “saved” from a life in poverty. Caroline grows very sick and dies leaving Elizabeth to take charge …show more content…

When Victor finally creates the creature he is so scared of it that he abandons it. The creature then goes out into the world not knowing anything, and feeling lonely. Creature asks Victor to create a female but Victor refuses saying women are too emotional and that all she would want is children which would cause more awful creatures. Creature then makes it his mission to kill everyone close to Victor so he will feel the kind of lonelyness that he feels. When the creature kills Elizabeth, Victor realizes he has lost everything, his best friend, his siblings, and his only love. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley portrays women as being innocent damsels in distress that's only purpose is to bring the male characters joy, she does this in order to show what is wrong with society's view of …show more content…

When Caroline’s father was sick she “possessed the mind of an uncommon mold, and her courage rose to support her and her adversity” (35). She got a job in order to support her and her father. Caroline didn’t need a man’s help to provide for her family but rather she took matters into her own hand. In the search for Felix, Safie “formed her determination” (129). She went on an adventure without a man. This was Mary Shelley’s way of connecting with her female characters. Mary Shelley grew up without a mother since her mother passed away when she was only a couple of days old; however, her mother was an active feminist. Mary grew up reading her mothers work. Both Mary and her mother “broke from the structures that governed women's conduct, not once but time and again”. Mary used her mother as inspiration when writing about how these women broke the customs of the time by being independent and persevering without

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