Before being introduced to Safie, Agatha, Felix, and DeLacey in their humble cabin, the creature is faced with understanding humans and their surroundings all by his lonesome. Once meeting the family however, the creature is thus able to progress as a masculine character and develop major attributes. Previous to learning from Safie and Agatha, the creature could be perceived as a young child with no idea as to how the world functions, yet after the creature begins to develop dexterity and progress, he is able to evolve into that same child but with more formal senses on how to go about his daily ways and means. These said ways and means eventually spiral into actions, which in turn majorly affects the outcome of events. Furthermore, Victor’s female monster is an influential metaphor for Shelley’s views of women. Although women are seen subservient of their male counterparts in Frankenstein, men still continue to need women to spur them on, love for them, and care for them. Without the use of women through their actions, thoughts, and reactions to crucial details, Frankenstein’s male characters would have never progressed and reached the realizations that they
Before being introduced to Safie, Agatha, Felix, and DeLacey in their humble cabin, the creature is faced with understanding humans and their surroundings all by his lonesome. Once meeting the family however, the creature is thus able to progress as a masculine character and develop major attributes. Previous to learning from Safie and Agatha, the creature could be perceived as a young child with no idea as to how the world functions, yet after the creature begins to develop dexterity and progress, he is able to evolve into that same child but with more formal senses on how to go about his daily ways and means. These said ways and means eventually spiral into actions, which in turn majorly affects the outcome of events. Furthermore, Victor’s female monster is an influential metaphor for Shelley’s views of women. Although women are seen subservient of their male counterparts in Frankenstein, men still continue to need women to spur them on, love for them, and care for them. Without the use of women through their actions, thoughts, and reactions to crucial details, Frankenstein’s male characters would have never progressed and reached the realizations that they