Maharaja krishnakumarsinhji Bhavanagar university

Prepared by :krupali k lewade

M.A Sem:2

Subject :paper5 Romantic Literature

Topic of presentation : Status Of female in fankenestein

Guided by : Heenaba zala

Submitted to : heenaba zala

Stastus of Female in

frankenstein

Elizabeth Levenza

She is an orphan girl, four

to five years younger than

victor, whom frankenstein

adopt. Elizabeth embodies

the novel’s motif of

passive women.

Justine Mortiz

A girl adopted in to

frankenstain’s household while

victor is growing up.

Caroline

Beaufort

The daughter of Beaufort. After her

father’s death, caroline is taken in

by, and latter marries,

Role of Female

:-First Caroline Beaufort Frankenstein’s

father first encountered while she was

tendering to her dying father with great

tenderness. she is an exceptional women.

“Her soft and benevolent mind” ultimately

allows her to marry frankenstein’s father.

Even in the ultimate trial, her own death,

Beaufort shows no sign of character flaws

or common weakness.

For Beaufort , it was a necessity, a passion, for her to

act.. it is her divine duty that she encounters Elizabeth.

“she is being heavenly and bearing a celestian

stamp”

Her divine imagery is continued when Beaufort

describes as a “ blessings’’ on their family.

Woman portrays as wonderful but dependent on the

men for provision.

Novel as attempting to usurp the role of women by new

life.

But shelley’s query is not man usurping woman but of

mankind usurping God.

Justine serves perfect character in the novel.

Elizabeth describes her as “ softness and

winning mildness”

In the face of injustice , justine submits to the

judical system, saying

“ I must be condemned, although I would

pledge my slevation on my innocence “

One question arouses that

whether her submissive nature is a result

of gender or class .

She is seen as the target of pity.

The finale aspect of jusine’s

magnified character as crucial link

frankeinstein draws between

outward beauty and inner

perfection.

Passive women:-

The novel littered with passive women who

suffer calmly and then expire.

Beaufort is a self-sacrificing mother who dies

taking care of her adopted daughter.

justine is executed for murder , despite her

innocence; the creation of the female

monster is aborted by victor.

Elizabeth waits, impatient but helpless for victor

to return to her, and she is eventually murdered

by the monster.

Symbolic significance of the death of female

Figure

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The Death of justine

Her death is symbolic of the terrible

insignificance of her and the overall

repression of female by victor

The Death of Elizabeth

The Death of passive Elizabeth

symbolize the sexual inequality of the

novel’s female character. Elizabeth

becomes sacrificial victim to male’s ego.

Women were presented as intelligent and

submissive. So we can say that she

presents the creature as the way she saw

women in her society.