Death of the Innocent

I find one particular element of this story to be fascinating. It is how the innocent, female characters are killed seemingly for the faults of man. This happens twice within the story. First is when the character of Manya is eaten by a snake. The second is when Marya is killed by a mob. It’s interesting how it is the female companions of the two scientists that are killed for the deeds of their husbands and they’re just innocent bystanders. The author seems to be stating that innocence will always die when men try to overreach their bounds. That innocence will die in the experimentation and innocence will die in the aftermath. It is odd though that these characters have little other relevance within the plot. I feel as though they are only written to compound the tragedy of the male protagonists. I’m not suggesting that the author is sexist or anything of the sort but by the end of the The Fatal Eggs it is the women who have to be killed for no good reason just so the men are punished for their sins.