... didn't want to for fear of being prosecuted himself, as he would have to reveal that he let a monster, his own creation, into the world. This also shows that men are supposedly higher than women because a woman at this time would give up her life to save a man, yet a man would not give up his life to save a woman, shown here, making the men seem of a higher class than the women. The fact that women were considered less important than men can also be displayed, where, near the beginning of the book Victor's mother, Caroline Beaufort, spoke to Victor about the arrival of his adopted sister, Elizabeth: "I have a pretty present for my Victor, tomorrow he shall have it." Here Elizabeth is being referred to as a present, not a human being, thus putting her lower down in the social status. If Victor were to be ...

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