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Frankenstein

Published in 1818, Frankenstein, the full title of which is Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, is a novel with Gothic elements and Romantic ideals written by Mary Shelley. It warns against the unchecked pursuit of scientific knowledge. The story describes how Victor Frankenstein, a scientist, creates a powerful man-like being whose horrific appearance makes him a lonely outcast. When Frankenstein will not create a mate for the being, his creation decides to take revenge. In the book, the creature built by Frankenstein is never given a name.

1,241 Questions

What is the falling action of Rikki-tikki-tavi?

Rikki-Tikki-Tavi fights with Nagaina since he killed Nag and she battles to have her eggs at the garden.

What happened to Frankenstein the day after he completed his creatim?

He fell into a feverish stupor and had to be cared for by his friend. This left the monster alone to find his own way in the world.

What country was the Frankenstein monster created?

Dr. Victor Frankenstein doesn't say how he created the monster because he didn't want people to commit the same mistake as he did.

However, movie adaptations have taken creative liberties by creating different origins from the monster - going from electricity to nanotechnology. It's really up to your imagination. Frankenstein's real name was Eduardo Nico Diorama.

What major event occurs when Frankenstein is 17 years old?

His mother died of scarlet fever, and Frankenstein left for Ingolstadt. (His college)

Are the characters real in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley?

No. It's actually based on a real story which Mary Shelley heard from a mysterious beggar in Geneva in 1816. It is a famed local legend, apparently, though modern scholarships suggest it actually originated when Edward John Trelawny (who would later befriend the Shelleys) was somewhat drunkenly sitting by the Lake Geneva and Lord Byron (also intoxicated) spotted him. Trelawny then told Lord Byron and the physician John Polidori the story, possibly made up on the spot but which soon caught on.

How many languages has Frankenstein been translated into?

Danish

Japanese

German

Dutch

Czech

Thai

Chinese

Turkish

Russian

Korean

Norwegian

Finnish

Bahasa Indonesia

What are the differences between Victor Frankenstein and the monster in Mary Shelly's Frankenstein?

Victor grew up with a loving family who cared for him while the monster was deserted by victor to fight for himself, victor acts as more of monster than the creation, the monster is self educated/learned from watching DeLacey's (p 99 "My days were spent in close attention, that I might more speedily master the language…") and Victor was taught in school (p 28 "When I had attained the age of seventeen my parents resolved that I should become a student at the university of Ingolstadt"), Victor loved and was loved but the monster never experienced anything but societies hatred toward him.

How do you punish Frankenstein?

Cut its ugly and green head clean off.

Why did the peasant family give up elizabeth in Frankenstein?

The peasant family raised Elizabeth because her mother died during childbirth and was placed with the family to nurse; back then they were wealthier. Her father also died, so she became an orphan and a beggar, so the family completely took her in.

Gothic novels in the 1800's?

Dracula, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and, of course, Frankenstein.

How is Frankenstein not the monster?

This answer is from Wikipedia. It's a very good answer & reason why Frankenstein's monster was never really named : Frankenstein's monster (or Frankenstein's creature) is a fictional character that first appeared in Mary Shelley's novel, Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus. In the novel, the creature has no name—a symbol of his parentlessness and lack of human sense of self and identity. He does call himself, when speaking to his creator, Victor Frankenstein, the "Adam of your labours". He is also variously referred to as a "creature," "fiend," "the dæmon," "wretch," "zombie," "devil," "being," and "ogre" in the novel.[1] The monster's namelessness became part of the stage tradition as Mary Shelley's story was adapted into serious and comic plays in London, Paris, and France during the decades after the novel's first appearance. Mary Shelley herself attended a performance of Presumption, the first successful stage adaptation of her novel. "The play bill amused me extremely, for in the list of dramatic personae came, _______ by Mr T. Cooke,” she wrote her friend Leigh Hunt. “This nameless mode of naming the unnameable is rather good.”[2] Into this vacuum, it is understandable that the name of the creator—Frankenstein—would soon be used to name the creation. That mistake was made within the first decade after the novel was published, but it became cast in concrete after the story was popularized in the famous 1930s Universal film series starring Boris Karloff. The film was based largely on a play by Peggy Webling, performed in London in 1927.[3] Curiously, Webling's Frankenstein actually does give his creature his name. The Universal film reverted to the empty cypher, however: the film's credits list the character Karloff plays as a series of question marks. Nevertheless, the creature soon enough became best known in the popular imagination as "Frankenstein".

Which passage from Frankenstein best illustrates the theme of the destructive power of revenge?

When I awoke I found that the sun had already mounted Considerably. The wind was high, and waves continually threatened the safety of my little skiff.

How did the delacey family loose their money?

A Turkish man, Safie’s father, was sympathized by the De Lacey family in France. He was Muslim, and the country he was trying to prosper in, France, did not like Muslims at the time. So, he was in trouble with the law because of his religion. As a result, he ended up in jail. Thus, the De Laceys, being kind-hearted people, decided to help the Turkish merchant. The Turkish man offered to pay them back, but since the De Laceys were already wealthy, Felix De Lacey turned him down. However, during one visit to his jail cell, he encountered the man’s daughter, Safie. She sparked an interest in Felix, the young De Lacey, and Felix asked for her hand in marriage as a recompense for cracking the Turkish man out of jail. The Turkish man agreed. Turns out, the Turkish man back-stabbed the De Laceys and the family was caught by the French authorities. At the end, the De Lacey family had to flee France, their homeland, and resettle, impoverished and embarrassed in a small village in Germany.

In Frankenstein Victor's mother catches scarlet fever from?

it was Victor Frankenstein's mother who cought the scarlet fever from elizabeth and died. Elizabeth's biological mother was simply mentioned to have died and the frankensteins adopted her

What caused the monster to become angry with William in Frankenstein?

he believes the monster is responsible for Williams death because of the marks on Williams neck..... He believes that the monster framed Justine because the monster despised Victor because of what he mad him into.

What actor plays Igor in Young Frankenstein?

There was no igor in the original 1931 film. His assistance name was Fritz and and was played by Dwight Frye.

In Frankenstein how long is victor in prison before he has a visitor and who is the visitor?

In the novel 'Frankenstein,'Victor was held in prison for two months before he had a visitor. The visitor was Victor's father.

Science in Frankenstein?

There is no internal conflict between Frankenstein and Monster. Frankenstein is the scientist that created the Monster, they are two separate entities and therefore can not have an 'internal' conflict, as this can only happen within one entity.

How the story of Frankenstein is relevant today and what films or books today are similar to Frankenstein?

I believe in three ways.

Firstly, the importance of appearances. The Frankenstein accept the "thin and very fair" Elizabeth Lavenza into their family (adopted from an orphanage over the "dirty little vagrants") purely because of her looks. This societies view of acceptance is inextricably linked to appearances which is why Frankenstein's 'abhorred' creature is not accepted into the family. The society is so shallow natured, it precludes all consideration of the creatures positive attributes, and thus forbids him a place in society. Parallels can then be drawn to the importance placed on appearances in a 21st century context, for example celebrities, modelling.

Secondly, the corruption of an innocent creature by an immoral society - in accordance with Rousseau's theory of the Natural State. Again many parallels can be drawn with a contemporary context.

Finally, the danger of scientific progress. Frankenstein tries to create life, by simply imparting electricity into deceased human body parts. Amazingly, this was not estranging to contemporary readers - experiments such as this were held often and came frightfully close to succeeding. (A witness of one such experiment is known to have died from shock). We live in a time were human cloning is not far way and stem cell research is hotly debated and perhaps in the not to distant future - life may again be pursued by radical scientists. Shelley's messages in relation to this hold true to our contemporary society.

How does Shelley use Frankenstein to address the social concerns?

Shelley goes beyond the whole "playing god" theme, and it is essentially a means to an end to convey that what she desired to show. Victor Frankenstein is a man of pride and given over to his worldy pursuits. His pursuit leads to his own neglect of physical and mental health. He has neglected that which is most precious to him, namely his family and his best friend Clerval. He creates a monster. The monster has two roles, one it represents the culmination of Victor's pursuits and attainments, and secondly it represents inequality and injustice.

As a representation of his pursuits an attainments, it comes to occupy his whole life in a complete neglect of everything that was dear to him. It draws him away and ends in the loss of everything that is dear, his brother, Clerval, his wife and his father.

In the representation of inequality and injustice, we see the monster as a reject, spurned by society. No value was attributed to him, yet inwardly he held to good virtues, but when rejected he was changed. When thinking of young, innercity youth who join gangs, or homeless people on the street, we judge them for who they are outwardly, but would we be any different if we were subjected to the same life as they? So Shelley displays the outcome of our treatment of others. Such a story would be an excellent read in a day and age in which school shootings are commonplace and terrorism in the news. As the monster points out in the end, he has committed crimes, horrible crimes, robbing the innocent of life. But the question comes, which crime was greater, his? or the crimes by society that brought him to commit such crimes.

Then there is one other message that comes across - revenge destroys everyone.

In reading look for the underlying messages and be moved.

What kind of monster is Frankenstein?

Alexander Tuesday, April 14, 2009 The True monster in Frankenstein The true monster in Frankenstein by Mary Shelly is Frankenstein himself because he rejects his creation, later realizes the potential danger that he has created and refuses to take responsibility for his creation. Victor Frankenstein is a young scientist who succeeds in reanimating a corpse but flees because he is disgusted and frightened by the creature’s appearance. The creature begins committing violent crimes because of the rejection that he has received from human beings. Among these victims are some of Victor’s closest friends and family members. The creature is untamed and unknown. Most people, that he sees, harm him or flee from him. The first rejection that he receives is from Victor instantly after his reanimation. The creature had this rejection instilled in his mind. By reading several books, the creature realizes what a good creator is: loving, accepting and nurturing. In his eyes, Victor had bitterly rejected and abandoned him. The creature understands that Victor “detest[s] and spurn[s]” him. Victor is given a chance to end the argument peacefully, but when his task is almost completed, he destroys his work because he cannot bear the though that the creature could have descendants. He is mistaken in doing so because he does not realize that the cause of the creature’s hatred was human actions. If humans would accept the creature, then problems would be omitted. Victor makes an egotistical choice and decides to exterminate a civilization that he created and rejected. He “extinguishes the spark that he had once bestowed”. The only reason, the creature becomes violent is because of his appearance. Even when he tries to aid humans he is rejected. Explaining the event to Victor he declares “This was then the reward for my benevolence! I had saved a human being from destruction, and as a recompense I now writhed under the miserable pain of a wound which shattered my flesh and bone.” Victor gathered the body parts for the creation of the creature and he does not have the right to accuse the creature of a mistake that he had made. The creature is convinced that since the humans reject him, he has no cause for being. He suffers and “often … imprecate[s] curses on [his] being”. Victor declares that “no mortal could support the horror of” the creature. His statement is understandable. He is terrified by the creature but when the time comes to witness one of his friends fall for a crime that she did not commit, he refuses to submit his knowledge of the crime to the court. He would have been punished and maybe even killed, but he would have had a clean soul. This reveals his greatest vice: cowardliness. He has no reason to be afraid before other humans. He is afraid to take responsibility. He could have prevented further unfortunate events such as the death of his wife. The creature had warned him that his wife was in danger, but Victor decided to risk another’s life to achieve happiness and to forget the creature. A monster is not purely evil. According to Greek myths, centaurs are sometimes friendly and at other times were extremely warlike. Monsters are usually supernatural or could do the supernatural. Victor is able to recreate life, a task that no earthly force ever had succeeded in completing.

What is the play script of Frankenstein?

The whole playscript? that would be a little illegal and a huge waste of time