Victor Frankenstein, the main character in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, is a man who holds a very sexist, patriarchal outlook of the world around him. According to critic Anne K. Mellor, this character's refusal to create a woman and desire for a men only society, denies "the value of women and of female sexuality." The way in which this outlook has surfaced is through the language Shelley uses to voice the character of Victor Frankenstein.
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