Examples Of Feminism In Frankenstein

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A feminist approach that could be taken to this novel is the question of how are men portrayed in this novel. Both Robert Walton and Victor Frankenstein are overly ambitious men whose quest for knowledge eventually put them in danger. Both male characters are ambitious, but Victor’s ambition leads to his undoing and eventually his death. Victor’s ambition causes him to loose everyone and everything he cares about. I believe the author depicts male characters in this way because she believes the men she has to be around are also overly ambitious and she is forewarning them of what there life will come to if they do not change. Another male character that is ambitious is the monster that Victor creates. Victor creates the monster who is essentially …show more content…
Women in Frankenstein are very passive and disposable, unless they need help from the men around them. They rely on men to protect them and are portrayed as passive beings who need men. Specifically, Victor Frankenstein’s description of his own mother and fathers relationship also supports the image of the passiveness of women in the novel. He says that his father protects his mother who calls a “poor girl”. Another representation of perverted motherhood is Victor Frankenstein himself because created a monster. Women are the creators of life and in this novel even that is stripped away from the women because now Victor has become the creator of life as well. He has stolen the one thing that women can do that men couldn’t. Lastly, Margaret’s character is the most passive character throughout the entire novel. The reader is never introduced to her character nor does she reply to any of the letters that she receives. Margaret is needed because Robert Walton needs to send letters to someone, but the reader is never informed that she receives the letters or what the character thinks about the letters. She is the most passive character in the entire novel because she never speaks, but she is also very important to the novel as
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