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Depending on the edition of your copy of the book it may range between 200 - 325 pages, as some copies contain prefaces by other authors, analysing the text.

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I have thought long and hard and I cannot identify any feminist themes in Frankenstein -- which is surprising considering the author.

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The closest analogy would be the Jewish myth of the Golem, in the monster's creation and the moral of the story being of the consequences to ones hubris and playing God, but made of flesh rather than clay. So the Dungeons and Dragons term of Flesh Golem seems to make the most sense.

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Since it is safe to assume the protagonist is Victor Frankenstein, we can also assume that his foil, the monster, is the antagonist.

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• The monster was created by Victor Frankenstein
• Dr. Frankenstein was created by Herr and Fraulein Frankenstein (ask your parents exactly how)
• The novel was written by Mary Shelley.

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She was on holiday with a professor and her husband, when the said that they would have a ghost story competition. After many days and weeks of having no ideas, she finally got her inspiration. In a waking dream, she saw a student kneeling over the corpse of a half-alive creation, and starts in horror when the corpse is animated and comes to life.

Additionally it is said that when she awoke in the middle of the night, her room was bathed in moonlight, and so that became a major part of the allusion to the moon (and lunacy, which derives its name from 'moon') from that night as well. Later, scientist calculated whether or not the moon would have actually been shining into her room that night, and concluded that it would have been; thus further confirming the legend of the inspiration for Frankenstein.

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In Mary Shelley's book "Frankenstein", Victor Frankenstein is the creator of the monster, as opposed to the movie monster pop-culture has named "Frankenstein".

However it can be argued that in a way the monster is just a figment of Victor Frankenstein's imagination, and does not actually exist. In this way it can be said that the monster is a part of Frankenstein, however not in the way that most would imagine.

However, in opposition to this theory, the monster interacts with several other characters in the story (however almost always killing them...), and at the end of the book is seen by, and even speaks to Robert Walton.

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Victor Frankenstein created his creature to be 8 feet tall because Mary Shelley simply decided to describe the creature/monster to be this way. Other reasons would be that the creature is possibly made of many other bodies.

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Mary Shelly published her first copy of Frankenstein anonymously because in those days no one would buy a book written by a female author (as society for the most part was fairly sexist). She had to publish anonymously if she wanted anybody to read her book.

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He is lonely and is very close with his sister. Walton's story is very similar to that of the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, in that it is likely that he has also had some kind of falling out with his crew. The letters are also Mary Shelley's way of opening and closing the story in a way that makes sense.

It is theorized that Robert Walton was also beginning to find himself driven a little bit mad, and thus his perspective of the story is possibly a little bit warped. Writing to his sister was likely a way to prevent his psyche from degenerating any more quickly.

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Victor created the monster that murdered William, and Justine was executed because she was blamed for Williams murder.

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She, her husband and some friends were on vacation and the weather turned bad so they were stuck inside. While trying to think of something to do to pass the time someone came up with a competition that each of them should attempt to write the scariest story they could imagine and present it for the others to read. Ms. Shelley wrote Frankenstein that weekend.

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A brilliant medical student and enthusiastic research scientist to the point of obsession and beyond.

The creature was made to be the best of humanity and in this Dr. Frankenstein succeeded in all except beauty. The creature was strong, fast, intelligent, capable of considerable effort on meager food, and immune to cold.

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Ultimately Justine is the ultimate martyr, in that she suffers the consequences for something that she had absolutely no involvement in. In the end she was believed to be guilty, and sentenced to hang.

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Scientific aspects in Frankenstein:

1] generative anthropology

2] fear of a scientific revolution

3] related fields of medicine, anatomy and natural philosophy

4] mental health and its effect on the working self

5] the scientific revolution's effect on Europe and its fueling of the industrial revolution

6] combining ancient and new sciences

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Freakiest N-N-N

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When the rest of the family was taking a walk, William ran off by himself. Seeing the beautiful child, the creature thought he could take him and educate William as his companion. Instead, William insults the creature, calling him hideous. He says that his father is M. Frankenstein, and his father will definitely punish the creature. Hearing the name Frankenstein, the creature has a fit of rage and tries to silence William, but he is too strong and accidentally strangles him.

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In the book, the creature saw that fire was warm, and so he thrust his hand into the flames, which of course burned him. Ultimately, the creature was confused by it because he understood how to preserve it but not how to make it.

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The DeLaceys fled out of fear of the monster.

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Elizabeth was brought to Victors family to live with them as a child. They took her in as a foster child more-less

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Victor decides to marry Elizabeth once he returned to Geneva. They arrive in Villa Lavenza to wed but Elizabeth is murdered by the monster before it could occur.