『 프랑켄슈타인』에 나타난 남성성의 재현과 남성 간의 유대
Masculinity and Male Bonding in Frankenstein
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Paying attention to the emphasis on masculinity and male relations in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, this essay discusses the ways in which male narrators establish male bonding by exchanging their life stories. While Walton lacks heterosexual desire and seeks explicitly male friendship on his voyage to the North Pole, Frankenstein seems to maintain an affectionate relationship with Elizabeth. However, Frankenstein’s relationship with Clerval, his dear friend from childhood, dominates in the novel, delaying his home coming and thus his reunion with Elizabeth, his fiance. Frankenstein’s intense feelings for Elizabeth are expressed twice, only in the scenes of death, imaginary and real. The essay also shows how the Creature’s expression of heterosexual desire can be read in connection with the prevalent theme of male friendship portrayed in the framing narratives of Walton and Frankenstein. All three male narrators address men (with the exception being Mrs. Salville) and exert themselves to exercise male power and to establish a male community. This essay argues that male friendship in the novel does not exclude sexual connotations and is achieved through the repression of women. The Creature’s adoption of a male identity implies his desire to control his female creature.
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Paying attention to the emphasis on masculinity and male relations in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, this essay discusses the ways in which male narrators establish male bonding by exchanging their life stories. While Walton lacks heterosexual desire and seeks explicitly male friendship on his voyage to the North Pole, Frankenstein seems to maintain an affectionate relationship with Elizabeth. However, Frankenstein’s relationship with Clerval, his dear friend from childhood, dominates in the novel, delaying his home coming and thus his reunion with Elizabeth, his fiance. Frankenstein’s intense feelings for Elizabeth are expressed twice, only in the scenes of death, imaginary and real. The essay also shows how the Creature’s expression of heterosexual desire can be read in connection with the prevalent theme of male friendship portrayed in the framing narratives of Walton and Frankenstein. All three male narrators address men (with the exception being Mrs. Salville) and exert themselves to exercise male power and to establish a male community. This essay argues that male friendship in the novel does not exclude sexual connotations and is achieved through the repression of women. The Creature’s adoption of a male identity implies his desire to control his female creature.
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