The novel would be regarding women and their devotion to their family, not saying a word, just fulfilling their duty as a housewife and mother. The novel was also regarding women who were being compared to men that were considered intellectuals at the time. A housewife and a woman who was being compared to intelligent men, it drove Mary Shelley to write a worthy ghost story. Mary Shelley wanted to use a gothic horror story; she wanted to use a hideous monster to represent how women, such as her, psychologically felt when being invisible, so not doing too well psychologically. So basically, the novel reflects how women are treated as if they are not around, that they have no active role in the novel. There were many roles played by the female characters in the novel of
The novel would be regarding women and their devotion to their family, not saying a word, just fulfilling their duty as a housewife and mother. The novel was also regarding women who were being compared to men that were considered intellectuals at the time. A housewife and a woman who was being compared to intelligent men, it drove Mary Shelley to write a worthy ghost story. Mary Shelley wanted to use a gothic horror story; she wanted to use a hideous monster to represent how women, such as her, psychologically felt when being invisible, so not doing too well psychologically. So basically, the novel reflects how women are treated as if they are not around, that they have no active role in the novel. There were many roles played by the female characters in the novel of