... society, but it is also important in revealing aspects of Frankenstein's character. Frankenstein's dream is the most blatant aspect of the novel that does this. After the creation of the monster, Frankenstein has a nightmare in which he embraces and kisses Elizabeth before he realises that he is holding the body of his mother. On a basic level, this suggests that Frankenstein had ... of 'male-mother'. While God creates figures of beauty, Frankenstein's creation is a monstrosity that is shunned by society. The Creature himself questions Frankenstein's rejection of him: "Why did you form ...

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... from within us, after being placed there by another of our kin. Even in a short and quick comparison, the major differences between the families or guardians of Victor and the monster are easy to spot. Victor grew up in a family which overflowed with love, and had the companionship of people such as Elizabeth who understood his every emotion and was always ... what is right and wrong, and the opportunity to test his limits and challenge himself, to enjoy life, which he did. The monster also had a family, a creator, but why would this be different? Victor, his creator, had abandoned the ...

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... worth was to please men and maintain a household. The suppression of women through marriage, lack of education, and how they were raised to act and expected to behave all created a monster of depravity and corruption that was expressed time and time again by and through different people of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. Women back in the 17th-19th centuries ... ...

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