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The Importance of Women in Frankenstein
Summary: The female characters in Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein help to develop the plot, and the novel would not have the spirit that it has without them. Characters such as Mrs. Margaret Saville, Elizabeth Lavenza, and Justine Moritz are independent, strong-willed, kind, careful, and selfless, and yet each of them is unique. The novel would make no sense without the connection between the male and female characters.
Imagining Mary Shelley's Frankenstein; a great work of literature, without, for example, female characters as Mrs. Margaret Saville, Elizabeth Lavenza, and Justine Moritz is tough. In this case the novel will have no meaning. All the women help to develop the plot, and without them Frankenstein will lose its spirit. Although these heroines have a lot in common in their characters: they are all strong-willed, kind, careful, and selfless, at the same time, each of them is unique, and each plays her own role in the novel. Mrs. Margaret Saville is the woman to whom the narrator tells the story. Elizabeth Lavenza is the beloved of Victor Frankenstein. Justine Moritz is the heroine who is accused by mistake of murdering William and executed instead of the fiend. There is close connection between the female and male characters, and if we break it, Frankenstein will have no sense. The...
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