Victor Frankenstein, the main character in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, is a man who holds a very sexist, patriarchal outlook of the world around him. According to critic Anne K. Mellor, this character’s refusal to create a woman and desire for a men only society, denies “the value of women and of female sexuality.” The way in which this outlook has surfaced is through the language Shelley uses to voice the character of Victor …showed first 75 words of 338 total…

…showed last 75 words of 338 total…weird. Frankenstein seemed to believe that the world did not need women to flourish or survive. He could just make people. Women to him, were not as “complex and wonderful as man” and if they were not needed for procreation, than what good were they? As we all know, a men only society could never survive. Men need women, as much as women need men. The world could never thrive without both genders. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**