Women - Frankenstien Flashcards
What does Elizabeth and Victors relationship highlight?
The patriarchal attitude
How is Elizabeth treated in the Frankenstein family?
She is an outsider and yet is taken in and is treated like an object.
Who is Elizabeth’s happiness dependant on? What does this dependence on a man show?
Frankenstein, It makes Elizabeth vulnerable as she is dependant on a reckless and self centred man
1) “heaven - __”
- she is too perfect for what? her death seem what? emphasises what?
1) sent
- for the corrupt world, inevitable, the control victor has over her
2) “mine to __,..mine only”
- repetition? victor is extremely what of Elizabeth?, lack of?
2) protect
- of mine, possessive and obsessive over her, choice for ‘other’ beings
3) “__ dedicated lamp in our peaceful home”
- what does this show? gaze? what does this gaze show?
3) shrine
- worshipping something, male, the male gaze is when men only see women for their beauty
4) “a pretty __ for my victor”
- presented? who is the owner? decrease what?
4) present
- an object, victor, will decrease Elizabeth’s value
How is Caroline presented? How does she die? How does that present women?
Depicted as a martyr, she dies after getting the scarlet fever from Elizabeth, it will show them to be weak and fragile
5) “fair exoctic is sheltered by the __”
- in need of what?
5) gardener
- protection and saving
Who is Safie? Who is she similar to? What is the difference between them?
She is an outsider and communicates with the Delacey family, She is similar to the monster, Her beauty allows her to be accepted
6) “in an evil hour I __ to a lie”
- what does she do with her life?
6) subscribed
- she takes charge of it
What is Justines name similar to? Technique? What type of class is she?
Justice, Irony, Lower class female
What does Justine accept after confessing through what?
She accepts her fate socially after falsely confessing through catholic guilt
What is the difference between victor and Elizabeth in court?
Elizabeth stands up for Justine even though she is powerless and Victor is selfish as he only cares for himself
7) “sad and __ world”
- how is this similar to the monster? who doesn’t abandon Justine?
7) bitter
- he leave into disappearing darkness, Elizabeth
8) “__ her bitter tears”
- what 2 things condemn her?
8) repressed
- her social status and gender
9) “exquisitely __”
- what 2 contexts does this relate to and explain?
9) beautiful
- physiognomy- must be innocent due to her beauty, the French Revolution - rich exploiting the poor and the poor dying which starting the wc rebellion
The rejection of what relationship is crucial to the novel?
The parent to child relationship, there is a repeated rejections of the monster which forms the key aspects to the novel.
What language does Shelley use for Elizabeth to emphasise what? The language used to present Justine depicts her as what?
She uses religious languages to emphasise Elizabeth’s purity and virtue. As a victim
What does Shelly do to show the difference of the treatment the delacey have for safie and for the monster?
Safie has different cultures and language like the monster yet the accept her but not him.
How are the monster and victor different?
The monster realised and destroys his own happiness whilst victor fails to recognise the importance of an equal for the monster which shows his ignorance.
What did Shelley’s father write? Why did Shelley’s father reject her?
Enquiry concerning political justice - the treatment of powerlessness people. She went to Europe with Percy which has impacted her writing.
What does the novel actually show?
Forces of patriarchy and domesticity
Why does victor delay in marrying Elizabeth?
It suggest the misled desire he had that he prolonged his marriage life.
What does Victor fail to recognise until all the women in his life are dead?
The importance and impact they had on his life.
What does Victors desire to create without a female symbolise and explain?
A patriarchal denial value of women - he steals the females right to reproduce and eliminates the necessity of females at all.
What is Victor afraid of when he is creating the female monster? What does Victor decide for her before she is even born?
He is afraid of an independent female. He decides her sexual life for her.
How are domestic roles being presented as? Who are usually the victims of the monster?
Demeaning and vulnerable. It’s usually females.
