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THE GAY LEGACY OF FRANKENSTE
Walton is also rarely looked at om a queer perspective, spe the persistent, homoerotic overton of his narrative (which opens and clos Victor’s narrative). His relatnship wh his Creature is well wrten on, aga, and there is some cril theory that sists he is d as homosexual: his sire to create a child whout heterosexual terurse; his fur vlence towards the Monster has been read as an act of ternalised homophobia; his distert Elizabeth and sistence that she is his “child” and “sister” seem very flat, if heterosexual at all. Walton’s relatnship wh Frankenste, however, is not viewed through this lens of homoeroticism.
That’s gay.. To end, here is one of my favoure homoerotic moments om Walton’s letters:. Charlie Fox’s article ‘Why Frankenste’s Monster Hnts Queer Art’ at Goldhammer‘s ‘The Queer and the Creepy: Homosexual Dire Mary Shelley’s Frankenste‘ at Shultz’s article ‘Explorg the Inherent Queer Unrton of Mary Shelley’s Frankenste‘ at Fern Riddle’s article about Mary Shelley’s own bisexualy at you have accs to JSTOR (so jealo, if you do!
However, at the same time, the breaks om the tradns ced a rponse reactn favor of more tradnal social rol other areas, such as the refutatn of male sexual relatnships to the extent that one uld be sentenced to ath for participatg the act of homosexualy.