y and beauty. She seems to be obedient and dependent on her father for protection. Geraldine is an outsider to the natural order of things who, because of her outcast status, does not follow the laws and ways of that society; this gives her a certain power that Christabel does not understand. The presence of a woman who does not follow the rules of society is a threat to the control of other women. Wollstonecraft herself was a threat to her male-dominated society, requesting that women be freed from their dependence on men. In "Christabel", this powerful threat is made evil and untamable, spreading from one woman to the other, just as Wollstonecraft hoped her fervor and quest for equality would spread to other women. Christabel brings forth the notion that when men do not keep a close watch on their women, they create a risk of losing their power....
