2025, Vol. 7, Issue 11, Part A
The monstrous birth: A feminist re-reading of mary shelley's frankenstein
Author(s): Rituparna Chakraborty
Abstract: This paper explores Mary Shelley's Frankenstein as a profound feminist critique, analyzing its central narrative as an expression of patriarchal anxiety over female agency, reproduction, and intellectual independence. By positioning Victor Frankenstein as a "male mother" who attempts to usurp nature's role in creation, the novel highlights the resulting social and moral disorder. The analysis focuses on the silencing and marginalization of women such as Elizabeth and Justine within the text, arguing that the monster's creation and subsequent acts of destruction are direct consequences of a misogynistic social and scientific order. Ultimately, Frankenstein emerges not merely as a Gothic horror story, but as a lasting, subversive text that illuminates the consequences of denying and repressing female power and sexuality.
DOI: 10.33545/27068919.2025.v7.i11a.1750Pages: 49-50 | Views: 328 | Downloads: 249Download Full Article: Click Here
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Rituparna Chakraborty.
The monstrous birth: A feminist re-reading of mary shelley's frankenstein. Int J Adv Acad Stud 2025;7(11):49-50. DOI:
10.33545/27068919.2025.v7.i11a.1750
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