Frankenstein: private v public, homosocial relationships

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Private vs Public:

  • at the time, the cult of the domestic was strong
  • where do we see women behave/treated differently in a domestic environment from how theyre treated elsewhere
  • victor thinks family and lineage are important. his father chose to be a 'husband and father' and as a result gives up politics and his public life
  • the women in the novel are audience, not participants- walton writes to his sister, victor corresponds with elizabeth
  • women feel gratitude to men
  • they exist to be rescued, suffer, and die
  • agatha

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