The Subjectivity of the Character "Safie" in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Title: The Subjectivity of the Character "Safie" in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Category: Literature / European Literature
Details: Words: 1979 | Pages: 8.4 (approximately 235 words/page)

The Subjectivity of the Character "Safie" in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

        Even though she is only mentioned in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein for a relatively brief period, the character, Safie, is very interesting as she is unique from the other characters in that her subjectivity is more clearly dependent on her religion and the culture of her nation. Contrasts can be made between the Orient and the European society which attempts to interpret it. Often, this creates stereotypes such as western feminists that have viewed 'third-world' women …showed first 75 words of 1979 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 1979 total…attempted to examine the Orient which had 'a brute reality obviously greater than anything that could be said about them in the West'(Said 304). Works Cited Beneviste, Emile. 'Subjectivity in Language.' Course Reader. 83-88 Mohanty, Chandra Talpade. 'Under Western Eyes: Feminist Scholarship and Colonial         Discourses.' Course Reader. 289-300 Said, Edward W. 'Introduction to Orientalism.' Course Reader. 303-312 Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein. Ed. Johanna M. Smith. Boston: Bedford Books, 1992 Smith, Johanna M. ''Cooped Up': Feminine Domesticity in Frankenstein.' Bedford Books, 1992                  270-285

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