Women Play an Indispensable Role in the Novel Frankenstein

Women play an indispensable role in Frankenstein. Women are generally seen as pure, innocent and kind. For example, Elizabeth stood up for Justine’s innocence but just because she couldn’t prevent her execution, Elizabeth wasn’t entirely powerless. Though women in the novel are never given the opportunity to act on their own, they had important status: that of desire. You see, for Victor, Elizabeth proves to be the only joy that could ease his guilty conscience. Similarly, the monster seeks a female of his kind to alleviate his awful existence. For both Victor and the monster, woman is the ultimate companion providing comfort and acceptance. The monster needed this companion to tenderise him, he longed for such a friendship of understanding, love, care, sentimental value. The monster felt rejected by mankind. But he does have something in common with a “normal” man. He is different from a woman, and that is the only thing that makes him somewhat close to normal. Women are appealing because they are SUPPOSED to be different from him.

Some would argue that the roles of the women in the novel could easily be replaced by a man’s. This argument