This document analyzes the passive female characters in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. It discusses Agatha, Elizabeth, Justine, Safie, and Mary Wollstonecraft. Agatha silently witnesses violence. Elizabeth passively waits for Victor and does his bidding. Justine's passivity leads to her wrongful execution. Safie is somewhat passive by initially obeying her father. Mary Wollstonecraft was a pioneering feminist in contrast to the passive roles assigned to most women in that era.

1. THE PASSIVE WOMAN CHARACTERS IN
FRANKENSTEIN
 Name : Parmar Krupa Jivabhai
 Roll no. : 20
 Enrollment no. :2069108420180040
 M.A.Sem : 2
 Batch Year : 2017-2019
 Email id : parmarkrupaj25@gmail.com
 Paper no. : 5
 Submitted to : Department of English
Bhavnagar

2. INTRODUCTION OF FRANKENSTEIN…..
 Frankenstein is written
by English author Mary
Shelley .
 Shelley started writing
the story when she
was 18 , and the first
edition of the novel
was published in
London on 1January
1818 , When she was
20 .

3. PASSIVE : WHAT DOES IT MEAN ?
 Not reading visibly to something that might
be expected to produce manifestations of an
emotion or feeling .
 Not participating readily or actively inactive a
passive member of committee .
 Not involving visible reaction or active
participation to play a passive role .

4. PASSIVE WOMAN CHARACTERS IN
FRANKENSTEIN :
 Agatha
 Elizabeth
 Justine
 Safie
 Mary Wollstonecraft

5. AGATHA
SILENT BYSTANDER
 Agatha expresses
passiveness when she
witnesses Felix brutally
attacking the monster .
 She did not speak out
about what she had
seen nor did she try to
stop Felix .

6. CONTINUE…..
 She is the woman who was used as the first
teacher of the monster for healthy human
interaction .
 She was the monster’s primary teacher in
sensitivity and virtue .

7. ELIZABETH
THE WAITING WIFE
 By far the most
mention female in the
book , Frankenstein ,
she is revered as
having a gentle
character .
 She is victimized by
Frankenstein’s view of
her as a possession
and her role in society
as the subservient to
males .

8. CONTINUE…..
 Elizabeth waited for victor her entire life .
 She was passive in such a way that when he
didn’t respond to her letters she did nothing
about it .
 When victor finally came back she did
whatever he wanted her to do .

9. JUSTINE
PASSIVE TILL DEATH
 Justine was a very
unimpressive
character.
 She was hardly even
vocal in the story .
 Her passive attitude
led her to be
wrongfully accused of
the murder of William
Frankenstein.

10. CONTINUE…..
 Her passive actions lead to her execution .
 She knew that she was not the murderer ,
but failed to make an attempt to prove her
innocence .
 In reality , if she had made an effort to
investigate the case Justine could have at
least provide evidence that she was not
guilty .

11. SAFIE
THE PARTIALLY PASSIVE WOMAN
 Safie came from Turkey ,
to England with her father .
 While there she fell in love
with Felix .
 Her father then wanted
Safie to come back to
Turkey with him.
 She refused to leave with
him because she was
head over heels in love
with Felix .
 In this way Safie wasn’t
very passive because she
was willing to tell her father
what she really wanted .

12. MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT
THE REAL SISTER SUFFRAGETTE
 Mary shelley’s mother ,
Mary Wollstonecraft , was
the first feminist ever .
 “ She drew woman of all
classes who were
physically and
psychologically manacled
in marriage , from
husbands and lovers who
mistreat woman to
mistresses , wives ,
daughters , prostitutes and
laboring woman who suffer
at the hands of men .”

13. CONCLUSION …..
 Even though created by a female writer ,
each of these female characters have roles
of subservience to males .
 This was also the role of woman during this
particular age in history .
 Woman were considered possession and
had limited , if any , rights .