The lack of a strong female lead in Frankenstein reflects the contextual patriarchal and societal values of Shelley’s time. Shelley’s authorism conveys the feminist view, as her own feminist views are communicated through the language and treatment of the monster. For example, When Victor Frankenstein dares to subvert the laws of nature, using science alone to harness the powers of life, he in essence violates the laws of maternity. He omits mother nature entirely. In doing so, what is supposed to be natural and beautiful becomes unnatural and grotesque. The child of male maternity is too frightful for even the father of his birth to love.
-Only the physical beauty of Elizabeth is described in Chapter One, with no mention of any other attribute, while on the other hand, the idea…show more content… On the surface, for example, the Frankensteins appear to have done so, yet upon close inspection the questionable age gap between Victor's parents and the quasi-incestuous element of Victor's sexuality could demonstrate Shelley's resignation to the fact that no marriage, however much it may appear so, is ever truly perfect.
The depiction of women, particularly in Frankenstein's family, could well be an indication that in striving for, in this case, familial perfection and contentment, narrow-mindedness can prevent otherwise glaring imperfections to come to light, and this is Shelley's most important reason why her own pursuit of domestic bliss is futile: 'Frankenstein' ironically demonstrates that, at least in Shelley's eyes, domestic bliss simply does not exist, and because of human nature, cannot
