Mary Shelley: Submissive Women in Writing

In the writing of Mary Shelleys Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus, she creates four submissive fe potent characters all of who are negatively moved(p) by the hands of sea captain Frankenstein. These four submissive female characters are Agatha, Safie, Elizabeth, and Justine.Each of these wowork force is proposed as passive and nonessential. The women, Agatha, Safie, Elizabeth, and Justine, make a pathway for the creation of action for male characters. The actions that happen with/to these women negatively affect them for the purpose of teaching one of the male characters a lesson or inflicting deep emotions to the male characters.Agathas purpose to man in this book was teaching the monster. The girl Agatha was young, and of gentle demeanourshe looked patient, yet sad. (Shelley 75, 76). Agatha teaches the monster many things mostly by him observing her interactions with her blind father and studying her actions and mannerisms. Agatha listened with respect, her eyeball sometime s filled with tears, which she endeavored to wipe away unperceived(Shelley 80). Agatha teaches the monster about respect, sensitivity, and human relationships.Safie, a close friend of the De Laceys, comes on horseback to the cottage. Safie is Arabian and doesnt know or understand english, so the De Laceys give her lessons. Safies lessons in language and culture become the monsters lessons as well. My old age were spent in close attention I improved more rapidly than the ArabianI comprehended and could imitate almost every intelligence service that was spoken I also learned the science of letters(Shelley 85). Safie is another passive female character that caused action by the monster. To the audience it is insignificant prevail or not Safie learns english, but it is furthering the monsters education. Thus it was for the sake of teaching a male character a lesson and of no real win to the female character.Justine is one of the most passive, submissive female characters and hardly e ven has a voice in the novel. Justine is ultimately framed for the murder of William Frankenstein, yet she corpse collected and serene. Justinehandles herself with poise even with her unfortunate circumstances.God knows how entirely I am innocent I rest my innocence on a limpid and simple explanation of the facts which have been adduced against me(Shelley 56). Justines purpose becomes clear when she is framed. She becomes static, a victim of her circumstance.Mary Shelley describes Elizabeth as submissive and tender. Elizabeth is the most influential character associated with Victor Frankenstein, causation a roller coaster of emotions. Mary Shelley writes Elizabeths submissiveness quite obviously when she says, she presented Elizabeth to me as her promised gift, I Victor, with childish seriousness, interpreted her words literally, and looked upon Elizabeth as minesince till remainder she was to be mine only(Shelley 19).This belittles Elizabeth and essentially makes her a victim of the monster because of her relationship with Victor. Even when the monster threatens Elizabeth, Victor doesnt try to protect her entirely, and puts his thwarting with the monster over Elizabeth. Elizabeth is belittled along with the other female characters, making them mere tools to get revenge.There is one more hidden female character, without whom, the novel would not succeed. Margret Saville is the most passive, submissive female character. There is no way to know if she even exists entirely, but her significance is one of great magnitude.Margret Saville is the reason Robert Walton writes the letters explaining what has happened and what Victor has told him, thus creating the whole story. Margret is so submissive that she doesnt even get a voice in the novel there is never a reaction from her.Mary Shelley created many submissive female characters, all of whom were used, objectified, and castaway after greatly impacting mans life. They are used as tools of revenge and decried fo r the works of the men who used them.