1. Frankenstein
Thus it is not unusual that, as the product of such revolutionary parents, Mary Shelley would harbour the same feminist and Romantic ideologies and subsequently challenge the ideologies of the patriarchal society in which she lived. ... Just as Rousseau condemned his own children, Frankenstein abandoned his own creation -- the monster, similarly condemning his "child" to a life of ostracism and social rejection. ... However, unlike Rousseau's happily lived existence, absent of consequence or judgement of his irresponsible actions, Frankenstein is subsequently punished for ambitious pursui...
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