Mrs. Jacobs
Per. 2 HBL
28 October 2013
Roles of Women essay In the first few chapters of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, she emphasizes the many struggles and hardships that women must endure and uses this to criticize society’s ways. Real life evidence that supports Shelley’s statements is that she had to publish the book anonymously to avoid the prejudices against women that were popular in the nineteenth century. She uses female characters and references of feminine power to express her strong opinions against these beliefs and chauvinisms. Caroline, Elizabeth, and Justine all had similar events happen in their life. They were rescued, went through suffering, and, in turn, died, as if they have served their purpose on earth