The Submissive Role of Women In the novel Frankenstein and the play The Crucible, the weak presentation of women becomes evident when the women allow the dominant male characters to submit them. Elisabetta Lavenza, a compassionate and benevolent woman, hides behind the male figures in her life as an act of gratitude towards her family. Similarly in the play, Elizabeth Proctor plays a woman with self-respect and good deeds as she passively gives up her value of being a female character to protect her husband, John Proctor. Both women show the nature of being inactive and having no voice while patiently serving the men in their lives as a right duty. Therefore, in Mary Shelley's novel and Miller's play, Elizabeth Lavenza and Elizabeth Proctor prove themselves to be weak women due to their passivity and lack of voice. First, Elizabeth Lavanza embodies the novel's motif of uninvolved women as she constantly waits for Victor's attention and love. Through her efforts to please Victor, Elizabeth makes the crucial decision to let Victor choose another bride if he wishes. This is evident when he states, “I declare to you that our marriage would make me eternally unhappy if it were not the dictate of your free choice” (Shelley 178). As a result, Lavanza, through her mother's death wish, agrees to marry Victor Frankenstein. However, she sees him going through a difficult time and cautiously confesses her love for him. Even though he confesses, he fills the weak role of giving Victor the choice to abandon his life and marry another girl if he wants it too. Therefore, the weak role of women is evident through Elizabeth Lavanza's passivity. Compared to Elizabeth Lavanza, Elizabeth Proctor also exemplifies...... middle of paper ......t why she still loves her husband. This makes her come to the conclusion that she no longer cared what he did because she couldn't question him. Thus, the lack of voice pushes Elizabeth to give up arguing with her husband. Therefore, in the novel Frankenstein and the play The Crucible, both Elizabeth Lavanza and Elizabeth Proctor are revealed as passive and voiceless female characters. Due to her inactive role in the novel, Elizabeth is shown to be weak due to her role in the text with men. Furthermore, Elizabeth Proctor's passivity is shown through her withdrawal in advocating for herself, Lavanza's apathetic nature deprives her of not having a bold voice, as well as Proctor's submissive nature which highlights her loss of voice. Overall, Shelley and Miller highlight the theme of women's representation through the text's unapologetic female characters.