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Mary Shelley repeatedly refers to women as loving and gentle (141). Safie while travelling nurses
her attendant with love in spite of her position and rank (142). Thus, it is clear from the novel that
woman as described in Frankenstein exhibit caring and self-sacrificing character, which is similar
to the role that an Angel plays in the house. That is, the woman role as described in the novel is
full of complete dedication to the needs of others within the society. The motherhood role is
evidence since the birth of the monster as the mother takes care and gives all the attention that a
mother gives to a child (Deborah 2). The mother as described in the Frankenstein is poor and
desperate, which is a clear indication of the marked poverty that mothers face as they nourish and
nurture their children.
However, the author uses male narrators to describe women role, which lowers their significance
in the story (Badalamenti 2). Thus, the women appear as tools that reflects the male characters.
Johanna states that “women role is not in their personal right but instead as tools and mediums of
male’s relations with other people” (285). Further, Walton’s sister act as a mediator in the loving
and admiring of Frankenstein; thus serving as a tool of communication. In addition, the author
illustrates the imbalance that exists between male and female. It is clear from the novel that men
feared that if women would share their knowledge, they would in return become more powerful
than men. It is evidence by how Elizabeth persuades Victor to go back to Geneva by pleading with
empty words and praising Victor’s power of words. Also, town men view the plea of innocence
by Mortiz merely empty words, which make her face unfair execution (51). In spite of the fact that
Victor pleads for fairness on Justine he hesitates to speak out in her defense (91). The voice of
woman is silence again as Frankenstein opts not to create a women monster. Marginalization of
women also appears as Frankenstein suppresses the female’s voices as he fears that women might
destroy his status as a god.
