Frankenstein:  Smith Essay
Quote Incorporation Exercise

Read over the following paragraph. Select two quotes from the “‘Cooped Up’ with ‘Sad Trash’” (F 313-33) and place them in the paragraph where they would best support the claims being made.  Be prepared to explain the reasons behind the choices you make.
 

 The female character who suffers the most from the views toward women in Genevan society is Justine Moritz. Unlike the characters of Elizabeth and Caroline, Justine cannot rely on her socioeconomic status to alleviate some of the problems of being a woman.  She is expected to bear a substantial portion of the domestic responsibilities in the Frankenstein household, and is subsequently more susceptible to the negative judgement of society when William Frankestein’s body is found, thus indicating, at the very least, her failure to fulfill her role as maternal protectress.  As a result, she is less able to defend herself at her own trial. When faced with the circumstance of the locket found in her possession, she admits, “I have no power of explaining it” (Shelley 81), and she ultimately validates her conviction, at least in the eyes of the agents of the law, when she confesses shortly afterwards (83). Thus it is the combination of class and gender that determines her unfortunate fate.