The father says to Victor: "My dear Victor, do not waste your time upon this; it is sad trash". This reaction had a profound effect on Frankenstein, and they also emphasised the unloving relationship between the father and son, which can also be contrasted with that between the mother and son.
The inclusion of Frankenstein's mother in the story is not only significant in demonstrating the important role of the mother within the family unit and within society, but it is also important in revealing aspects of Frankenstein's character. Frankenstein's dream is the most blatant aspect of the novel that does this. After the creation of the monster, Frankenstein has a nightmare in which he embraces and kisses Elizabeth before he realises that he is holding the body of his mother. On a basic level, this suggests that Frankenstein had incestuous desires for his mother. The relationship between Frankenstein and his mother was obviously a strong one, and Frankenstein was deeply affected after her death. He satisfies his obsession to be reunited with his mother by becoming a mother himself by making the monster, forcing him to reject a relationship with Elizabeth.
The importance of the mother within the family is also
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ictor. The father says to Victor: "My dear Victor, do not waste your time upon this; it is sad trash". This reaction had a profound effect on Frankenstein, and they also emphasised the unloving relationship between the father and son, which can also be contrasted with that between the mother and son.
The importance of the mother within the family is also furthered by the introduction of the De Lacey family to the story. While he is living in close proximity with the De Laceys, the Creature develops a similar view of a family to that of Frankenstein's family. The Creature develops the view that the mother was the nurturing figure, while the father was the dominating influence. But when the mother is removed from the family, as is the case in the De Lacey family, Shelley's criticism of the society through the story's representation of the role of the mother becomes more apparent. The father remains the dominating figure of the family, but there is no mother to compensate for this. The patriarchal social structure then reduces the child to an object. The idea of a male-dominated social structure is further criticised by Shelley by describing the struggle between Frankenstein and the Creature, which graphically illustrates the consequences of the creation of the Creature.
The inclusion of Frankenstein's mother in the story is not only significant in demonstrating the important role of the mother within the family unit and within society, but it is also important in revealing aspects of Frankenstein's ch
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