... role of bringing up children in a patriarchal society is, stereotypically, female whilst the male function is more passive. This paragraph reflects these roles by presenting Frankenstein's mother as fulfilling the active function of tender caresses, whilst his father executes the more passive role, standing back to regard his son's developments. Therefore, without the ... active feminine role exemplified by his mother, Frankenstein's upbringing would have proved less favourable. Shelley contrasts this observation with the true sufferings of the monster. Frankenstein, in being provided w...

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... to the evil doctor's telling of the tragic events of his life, it also detracts from the reliability of the story, and brings into question the bias of the narrative voice. Throughout the novel, Frankenstein, as one of the narrators of the frame story, makes clear his implicit contempt for his Creature, based on an assessment of the Creature's evil appearance ... that surrounded him. He has no choice but to assume that these deep emotional connections are his aim in life. Therefore, when society deprives him of these interactions in its active contempt for his appearance, his initial fe...

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