“Monsters often test the boundaries and assumptions surrounding the question, “what does it mean to be human?” In a similar manner, so do women. They are not quite human, i.e. men, but they are also not completely monster. Which may be why Victor felt an almost sense of regret when he ripped the female creature’s body apart: “The remains of the half-finished creature, whom I had destroyed, lay scattered on the floor, and I almost felt as if I had mangled the living flesh of a human being”. Almost, but not quite.”