Important Note: If you'd like to save a copy of the paper on your computer, you can COPY and PASTE it into your word processor. Please, follow these steps to do that in Windows: 1. Select the text of the paper with the mouse and press Ctrl+C. 2. Open your word processor and press Ctrl+V. Feminist Reading of Frankenstein When reading Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, one cannot help but notice that the women characters seem …showed first 75 words of 563 total…

…showed last 75 words of 563 total… turn implies the power of the person to whom one is grateful or obligated. The insistence on gratitude and obligation induces a bookkeeping mentality that permeates all the relations in this novel" (Smith 279). Frankenstein states that "gratitude assisted the development of love" (Smith 43). There are many examples of this debt/obligation mindset permeating the novel. When Henry nurses Victor back from the flu, Victor's first response is "How shall I ever repay you?" (Smith 63).