Feminist Reading of Frankenstein

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…in turn implies the power of the person to whom one is grateful or obligated. The insistence on gratitude and obligation induces a bookkeeping mentality that permeates all the relations in this novel" (Smith 279). Frankenstein states that "gratitude assisted the development of love" (Smith 43). There are many examples of this debt/obligation mindset permeating the novel. When Henry nurses Victor back from the flu, Victor's first response is "How shall I ever repay you?" (Smith 63).