Intelligence of Women in Shelley's Frankenstein and Gould's Women's Brains
Throughout history, women have always aimed for a recognized place in society. Centuries ago, people looked at the role of women in society as being sociologically inferior. Seeing the revival of the Feminist movement, which boldly opposes the stereotypical characteristics of women in society, on one hand, and promotes the elevation of women's status in society, on the other, one would not find it hard to believe the drastic differences in opinion of people on this issue. What is amazing is how these differences reflect upon scholarly works in science.
For example, in a play titled Frankenstein, based on a novel by Mary Shelley, Elizabeth Frankenstein is depicted as a woman of perfect and well-rounded personality in society. Taking into consideration that the novel was written in the 1817, when women were not even accepted as students in universities, as shown in the film, Mary Shelley presents Elizabeth Frankenstein both as a creative writer and a loving wife. Elizabeth has deliberately symbolized Shelley's expectations of an independent woman. She is represented as intelligent, a creative writer, just like Mary Shelley herself, and a loving, caring and supporting wife. Also, in the novel, Elizabeth is portrayed as the type of woman, who always wants to strike a balance between work and family life. That is why, in her letters to Victor Frankenstein, she always reminds him to keep in touch with his family and write back to her. Mary Shelley's plot of portraying Elizabeth as a successful writer as shown in the film, a profession, then rather unusual for a woman and almost entirely dominated by males, suggest...
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...e recognition, which Mary Shelley had always longed for in the nineteenth century.
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Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. A play by Nick DiMartino, Direct. Moses Goldberg. Narr. Professor McNamar. Global Stage Production. WLIW21 Presentation. Class Movie. HSS 100-022. Spring Semester, February 18, 2002.
Gould, Stephen J. "Women's Brains." Fields of Reading. 6th ed. Ed. Nancy R. Comley et al. New York: St. Martin's, 2001.
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On that fateful New Year's Day when Mary Shelley first published her legendary novel Frankenstein, she surely couldn’t have known how deeply rooted the novel is in our society even today. However Hollywood has made some major changes to the storyline to fit with their style. Our culture has latched tightly onto the novel Frankenstein; so much so is that it is deeply embedded into our entertainment. Various shows like Once Upon A Time or The Frankenstein Chronicles where the monster or Victor is featured as a character. The reason why the novel has lasted so long in our history is because Mary Shelley’s fantastic use of characterization and point of view to convey the theme.
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Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus. Edited with an Introduction and notes by Maurice Hindle. Penguin books, 1992
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