As the creator of the monster, Victor takes on responsibility for his creation, albeit a selfish creation. It is a selfish creation because he only thinks of advancing in his goal of creating something, without regard for the monster, or its forced self-discovery through trial and error. The responsibility Victor takes on as the creator of the monster is one of an absent parental figure. He creates a monster, and leaves it to defend for itself, because he is too afraid to take care of it.

Elizabeth seemed excited to be wed to Victor when the idea was brought up. However, she didn't protest when Victor requested a 2 year trip to London, without reason. She simply accepted the fact that he was going on a trip before they married.

Passive women characters exist in both "Frankenstein" and other Gothic works, like "The Castle of Otranto". The female characters contribute to the story, but don’t serve to actually drive the story or the plot. For example, in Shelly’s “Frankenstein”, Elizabeth is said to be worried sick about Victor, but she never takes it upon herself to actually send a letter directly to him. Instead, she learns of his misadventures through Henry. In "The Castle of Otranto", Hippolita and her daughter only exist in the story to be characters which the events of the story affect. They have no affect on the plot, because they are ancillary characters.

The elements of Marriage, Love(or lack thereof), and Nature are evident in The Birthmark. Alymer and Georgiana are newlyweds at the beginning of the work. They love each other very much, but Alymer has one tiny problem with Georgiana: the birthmark. Alymer tries to show his love for her but offering to remove the birthmark, which Georgiana agrees with, saying she'll do anything to make him happy. Alymer goes against the laws of Nature and tries to create his idea of a perfect wife by using Alchemy to achieve his goal. However, you can't go against the Law of Nature without incurring consequences, which Alymer realized after his wife's soul left her body and ascended to heaven.

In other works such as "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner", the female is also depicted as an evil/unnatural character, as described here:

"Her lips were red, her looks were free,

Her locks were yellow as gold:

Her skin was as white as leprosy,

The Nightmare Life-in-Death was she,

Who thicks man's blood with cold."

This is a representation of not only the female character (in some situations), but a representation of the female character as a Gothic element(an inexplicable event). Another example includes Madeline from "The Fall of the House of Usher".