Modern Feminism In Frankenstein

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Feminism: the belief in the social, economic, and political equality of the sexes.(Burkett)
Since the beginning of human existence, there has always been a stigma on the superiority of man to woman. Most avoid it, mainly stuck in their ways, but a great deal, especially within the last century, of strong willed women have been taking a stand.
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Mary Wollstonecraft is the mother of modern feminism today. (Campbell). Her most known and most popular book, “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman”, is widely viewed as the first great feminist treatise. (Campbell). Wollstonecraft was raised by an abusive drunk for a father. At the age of 19 she took in her sister and saved her from an abusive marriage. For the longest time she was opposed to marriage until she fell in love with William Godwin. When she got pregnant with his child, they married. (History). Unfortunately, eleven days after she had their daughter, who would later write Frankenstein, she passed.(Purinton). Luce Irigaray has argued that the relationships we have with our mother’s body is the …show more content…

The monster tells Victor “I demand a creature of another sex, but as hideous as I am”. This goes back to the point where the only significance a female brings is joy and pleasure to their men. From where the monster spent so much time, in hiding, watching Felix and Safie, he believes that the one true key to happiness is having a companion. In his mind having a female companion would set him free from his isolation. However, you can interpret the possession of the bride by how he wants her to be as ugly as he is. This is because he wants her to think that he is the only one for her because like the monster himself, he doesn’t feel like he would be able to “kick it” with the “normals”. You see another example of this when the monster tries to kidnap William to “teach” him how to be his friend. Same concept, just different

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