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

        Even though she is only mentioned in Mary Shelleys Frankenstein for a relatively brief period, the character, Safie, is very interesting as she is comical from the other characters in that her subjectivity is more clearly unfree on her religion and the culture of her nation. Contrasts wad be do between the Orient and the European society which attempts to interpret it. Often, this creates stereotypes such(prenominal) as western feminists that have viewed third-world women as ignorant, poor, uneducated, tradition-bound, religious, domesticated, family oriented, (and) victimized(Mohanty 290). Of course, some of these things could besides have said of European women of the time period, although noone would suggest the presage since Oriental women were viewed as being more oppressed. Strong contrasts can also be made in recounting to the differences between Safies development as a foreign character and her subjectivity as a female character in likeness to those of the other female characters of the book. While the other female characters overleap depth into how their religion and culture affect them, Safies religion and Arabian culture sculpt her into a subject with feminist qualities set against her fulfillment of European domestic ideology.

        Many theorists, such as Benveniste who said, Consciousness of self [or subjectivity] is only possible if it is experienced by contrast, argue that ones subjectivity can only exist in their relation to the Other(85). The subjects relation this Other depends on which aspect is being examined. For example, when dealing with gender, it would be the relationship between Man and Woman and when dealing with nationality it would be the relationship between Native and Foreigner. Thus, the character of Safie was defined in terms of her relationship to those around her. In the Turkish society, her economic consumption would have been to fulfill positions of lesser rank, such as...

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