Comparing Shelley's Pride And Prejudice

The Romantic Period is known to be one of the most influential times for many different authors. At this point in time, people were trying to break away from the stereotypical topics of literature as well as the way novels were written. Many of the books from this era have become classics and are recognized as revolutionary in today’s world. Two of the most well-known books that were written by authors in the romantic period are Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, and Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. These two books were written by women, which was already a big deal, considering most authors were men. But one thing is shown throughout these books that set these two women aside from most. Shelley and Austen both had a big place in society during …show more content…
This seems to be the ultimate goal for a lot of the characters, such as in Pride and Prejudice. The entire few first chapters show the mother of the family, Mrs. Bennet, speaking of how important it is for her daughters to be married to a rich and stable man. In Frankenstein, Shelley wrote about her women in a more silenced way. The women in her book also depended on men. In chapter one, we learn of a girl named Caroline Beaufort. At this point, we learn that her father had grown ill, and they were not financially stable. She looked after her father up until he passed away, and she then was taken under the wing of Alphonse Frankenstein. It is depicted as if Caroline had no possible way of surviving unless a man, which turned out to be Alphonse, took her and married her into a stable lifestyle. Austen and Shelled took their writing as a chance to break the female stereotypes. Although they pictured their female characters in such a way that they seem weak, they did this in order to create a silent protest against men and the roles that they made women