Elizabeth In Frankenstein Analysis

Shelley uses a weak female main character, Elizabeth, to show women's limited capacity during the setting of the novel. Elizabeth is an example of a stereotypical woman in this time period.She is quite docile who only desires to be a housewife and shows no ambition of her own to do anything. In most of the novel, she stays in Geneva and just watches over the children and takes care of Victor's father, Alphonse Frankenstein. She never visited Victor in Ingolstadt and did not try to accompany Alphonse Frankenstein to the prison in which Victor was held. Rather, she remains in Geneva, as she does for most of the story, to take care o the family. When Justine is convicted, Elizabeth goes gives her an excellent defense. However, when Justine eventually