THE STATUS OF THE BRITISH WOMEN IN THE LATE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY IN MARY SHELLEY‘S FRANKENSTEIN

Abstract

The aim of this study is to cast a wide net on how was living like in the late eighteenth century and how women were seen in society .To explain this we focused on mary Shelley and portrayal of women in her novel Frankenstein. To approach the aim of this work, the researcher has invested an analytical method to depict the position of women in the eyes of Mary Shelley as a British female writer. Thus, this paper has shown how women have found in literature, particularly in the novel, a solace to conjugate their existence on earth. The research will begin with an overview about British society that era .Then, it will provide a sample background data about feminism and women writers shedding light on marry Shelley and her gothic novel Fankenstein .Therefore, it will examine the position of women in the late eighteenth‟s society by analysing Frankenstein and explaining how Marry want to transfer this to readers