Literary Critism In Frankenstein

It is commonly acknowledged that feminism is being used socially and culturally. In life feminism can be identified as more than a theory. It is a struggle of life and politics. Feminism is not very easy to define. It can be used in many different ways depending on the condition. Feminism is the centering of woman struggles for equality and acceptance as a human being. Not all the works that have feminism deal with equality. In feminism literary critism we assume that it reflects and shapes the stereotypes and some cultural assumptions. We as women are looked at as humans that should only stay at home and take care of children and do chores. People believe that women are inferior to men because of our lower in rank, quality or status. A women writer was looked at with a bad reputation. Women’s works …show more content…
Her mother died shortly after she was born due to puerperal fever. The absence of her mother can be part of a reflection to the novel since the female roles are very limited as well as the social ideologies of the time period that she wrote the novel. In the novel we can also see the deaths of the women. The death of Elizabeth portrays the “[B]elief that men are superior to women” (Tyson 86) because she is not able to protect herself from a man which in this case is a monster that was created. Victor’s character portrays feminism as well. The night that he creates the monster he is horrified with what he created. Victor cannot stand the sight of the monster since he is so ugly. Also we can see feminism since Victor cannot have an affection towards the monster. The novel also shows how Victor struggles with the monster since he created a child without a women. Even though the presence of women lacks in this novel we can see that this novel makes us ask questions about our nature in society and creation. We can also question about the relationships that there is between men and women now a