1. FEMINISTIC READING OF THE
NOVEL
FRANKENSTEIN
Prepared by: Vibhuti V. Bhatt
Roll No: 15,
M. A. Sem – II,
Department of English,
MKBU, Bhavnagar.

2. • Marry Wollstonecraft – A Vindication of the
Rights of Women (1792)
• Frankenstein – Feministic Point of View
• Feminism –
• SEX vs. GENDER
1.Biological vs. Psychological,
2.Real vs. Constructed Identity,
3.First vs. Second,
4.Wanted vs. Unwanted.

3. Women Characters in the Novel: Lady Monster and Elizabeth
Victor Monster
• Monstrous Act - Female Infanticide
• Hence, the problem that Marry Shelly discusses is as
much relevant today as it was then
• What may be the consequences of this ‘unwanted
destruction’?