A harem is a place where Turkish women were kept in usually a polygynous household. Men were forbidden to be in the harem. Women in this novel are docile and inactive and the harem is a place where women are docile and inactive. Elizabeth waits for Frankenstein her whole life, but ends up being murdered. Justine dies, eventhough she is innocent and Frankenstein kills the female monster. Mary Shelley portrays women as patient and unjustly treated.
~"harem." Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. 27 Aug. 2008.
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