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Character Analysis - Androgyny in Mary Shelleys Frankenstein (Paperback)
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Character Analysis - Androgyny in Mary Shelleys Frankenstein (Paperback)
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Seminar paper from the year 2010 in the subject English Language
and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,3, University of
Paderborn, language: English, abstract: Families in the 19th
century mostly lived in a patriarchal society. Growing up during
this time, Mary Shelley used this society "ruled or controlled by
men" as the basis for the population of her novel Frankenstein. On
the first sight, the characters appear to fulfill their gender
roles perfectly. Women occupy the domestic sphere, men work outside
home. In addition, women are only of marginal importance whereas
men appear as the strong protagonists who are able to influence the
storyline. Even if this first overview is correct, Mary Shelley
does not maintain this severe separation of sexes and their
characteristics but proves that both women and men own some
features of the other sex. Therefore, one could state that the
women in Frankenstein have an important role as well, as, at second
sight, they share a lot of similarities with men and vice versa
which contributes to analyze the topic of androgyny. In my term
paper I will therefore concentrate on this androgyny of men and
women in Frankenstein. Being androgynous, which can be defined as
the state of "having both male and female characteristics," is an
essential element of the novel. Analyzing the male characters one
discovers that the male characteristics are important but that it
is especially the femaleness which leads to the course of the novel
and not typically male behavior. With regard to women, the
androgyny shows the beginning of emancipation and hence, women as
contemporary heroines, able to escape from a male-dominated
society. Furthermore, it is important to analyze the monster that
shows androgynous traits so that it cannot be classified as either
male or female. These features show that the monster possesses
general human qualities as it shares a lot of similarities with the
characters of the novel.
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