The Wretch/Frankenstein
Everyone Needs a Family, Including The Wretch
In Mary Shelly's Frankenstein, families are a very important part of the structure of the book. Frankenstein's family is critical because the reason why the wretch was created lies within the family. Almost every family mentioned in the novel was either incomplete or dysfunctional. Frankenstein's family in particular was missing a female role. The Frankenstein family had no mother, but did have Elizabeth who was the only other female in the house. Elizabeth was adopted when she was a child. The Wretch was created because of this absence, not necessarily to fill the role of a mother, but to fill in the role of the missing family member. The Wretch is shunned away when he is animated, and this leads to bad things for the family.
Frankenstein's family was normal, he had a mother and a father, but later on when Elizabeth becomes sick with a fever, his mother nurses her back to health at the cost of her own life. Elizabeth is expected to......
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