International Journal of Language & Literature

“Unveiling the Concept of Androgyny in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein”
Marjana Mukherjee. M.A, Dr. Joydeep Banerjee

Abstract
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1818) has been critically analyzed from both masculine and feminine aspects.In this paper, my focus will be to highlight the fact that all the characters do try to conform to their socially assigned roles of being a male or a female but very often they are not able to hide their androgynous state of possessing both male and female characteristics. This paper tends to highlight the endeavor on the part of the female author to seek equality by consciously diminishing the concept of male superiority over the female and portraying that both function simultaneously in an individual and thus there is a conscious blurring of the differences. It focuses primarily on the imbalance that is caused if one tries to negate the role of androgyny. Harmony can be attained only in unification.

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