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Just randomly remembered, I have 9 Ao3 invites sitting around collecting dust. I don’t personally know anyone who needs one, so I’m happy to give them all away to anyone who wants one.
You don’t have to follow me/have ever interacted with me before or anything, just ask and I’ll give one to anyone, no criteria (beyond not being a spambot, lol)
my professor’s take is that mary shelley is feminizing victor throughout the novel, as a way of flipping gender roles and putting a male character through female experiences.
evidence as explained:
victor is creating life. he is putting his health at risk (spends two years with little sleep or socialization) to bring life forth into this world
his illness after he is shocked by the creature coming to life is akin to both ‘hysteria’ and postpartum depression
he pretty much swoons, let’s be honest
henry clerval, a man who has been characterized as manly and heroic, has to chase after damsel-in-distress victor and care for him as he convalesces
afterward, he hides what he did and went through, for fear that others will label him crazy and emotional and not believe him. sound familiar?
Victor in general is more emotional than the other characters and is constantly tempering his reactions to not be seen as irrational
the book does not otherwise have central female characters
Also, Shelley’s mother died in childbirth. It’s interesting, then, that Shelley presents the creation of life as something horrific and damaging. She parallels Victor with her mother.
in conclusion, Frankenstein (1818) by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley is one of the first examples of mpreg in English literature
Shout-out to the video from the official Nickelodeon Youtube channel that went through Henry's love life to answer the question "who was Henry's true love?" and, well, see the conclusion for yourself and the poll I am adding this to.