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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.
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What did the monster want from Frankenstein?
In the book, the creature wanted the doctor to make him a bride, when the doctor refused, the creature sought revenge.
In the 1930s movie, the monster wanted to kill the doctor. The idea for a bride came in the second movie.
What is the similarity between Adam and eves story and Frankenstein?
Well, they were both new creations essentially left alone in a world they knew nothing about. Both had responses that went arwy and cause many to suffer. Both of them did not intend for the consequences of their actions to be so drastic; they just did not fully comprehend because they had no one to show them the correct way to behave.
-- No, at the end of Shelley's novel, the creture says he is going away to burn himself to death after he sees that Victor is dead. He does have some inhuman characteristics though, such as the ability to withstand freezing cold temperatures, and the ability to live soley on nuts and berries.
-- Victor Frankenstein is not literally immortal; however, he is figuratively so in that his story impacted the lives of humankind and also lives on through the letters of R. Walton.
What was Dr Frankenstein's first name in the 1931 classic Movie Frankenstein?
He never named the monster in the 1931 movie, the book, or in any other movies. He is always referred to as "the creature."
What is the real name of the actor who played the original Frankenstein?
Victor Frankenstein was the scientist who created the monster in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.
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Why did Mary Shelley write Frankenstein in the 19th century instead of the 15th century?
If you're talking about the author -- well she wasn't born until the 19th century so writing in the 15th century would be out of the question.
If you're talking about the setting of the novel -- the plot relies heavily on the science of electrostatics which was discovered until the early 19th century.
Where does the creature take up long term refuge Frankenstein?
A small hovel in a snow bank in a village next to a house. Also later in a Cave.
Also I have to point out that the Monster is not named Frankenstein, that is the last name of his creator.
How did Frankenstein feel when his experiment succeeded bringing the creature to life?
he feels immediate regret and wonders what he was thinking in the first place in creating such an ungodly creature.
Who is the doctor that made Frankenstein?
Frankenstein is actually the young scientist that made the monster in Frankenstein. The monster he created has no name. It is a common misconception that Frankenstein is the monster is in fact Frankenstein.
Which books are similar to Frankenstein?
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is, of course a clear example of Gothic literature. Other novels include 'Dracula' by Bram Stoker, 'Northanger Abbey' by Jane Austen, 'The Castle of Otranto' by Horace Walpole, 'Vathek' by William Beckford, 'The Woman in White' by Wilkie Collins, 'The Shining' by Stephen King, 'Interview with a Vampire' by Ann Rice, 'The Mysteries of Udolpho' by Radcliffe. Short stories include 'The Signalman' by Charles Dickens, 'A Terribly Strange Bed' and 'Miss Jeromette and the Clergymen' by Wilkie Collins, 'The Red Room' by H.G. Wells and 'The Bodysnatchers' by Robert Louis Stevenson. Read all those and you'll have a pretty good overview of the genre!
What status did women have when Mary Shelley wrote the novel Frankenstein?
They were kept in attics and beaten with canes until they were told to cook
Study guide? Yep.
What form is Frankenstein written in?
It is a frame story. In fact it can be considered to be a double frame story as everything is related through Captain Robert Walton who gets everything from Doctor Frankenstein. At times it can be considered a triple frame story as the monster also has passages when he is relating things through the doctor.
Also the story can be considered an epistolary as Captain Walton is telling the story in a letter to his sister.
Who did the monster not intend to kill in Frankenstein?
William, Frankenstein's brother. The monster inadvertently strangles him.
Justine, the family's servant, is blamed for William's murder and is sentenced to death.
The monster also kills Elizabeth, Frankenstein's cousin and new wife, on their wedding night.
He also kills Frankenstein's good friend, Henry Clerval.
What is an example of a conflict in Frankenstein that drives that story forward?
Victor Frankenstein is the scientist, who studies chemistry and is obsessed with the creation of life. Frankenstien later constructs a creature out of body parts and brings it to life. Victor Frankenstein did not name his creatre, it is often known as Frankenstein's Monster or Frankenstein's Creation. Frankenstein calls his creation the "daemon".
What is the difference between Frankenstein and Frankenstein junior?
In fiction, zombies are dead humans either brought back to life by magical means to become mindless living dead creatures whose flesh is slowly rotting, or people who's higher cognitive functions have been destroyed by some sort of infection. In many stories they will attack any living thing, including humans, to feed their single minded cannibalistic lust for flesh and blood. In some stories their lust can be interrupted by magical means and then they become the slave of the magic master. In other stories, they much simply be dispatched by other means, often by destroying the brain. In many stories zombies can create other zombies by passing along the zombie virus to living humans.
Frankenstein was a fictional scientist from Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, the Modern Promentheus who created a a living being by out of various human and animal parts. This being, simply referred to as the "Creature," is often mistakenly called Frankenstein. In the original novelization, the Creature was highly intelligent, equal to a human in mind, but hideous in appearance. Later movie depictions show Frankenstein as a mad scientist and his monster as unintelligent, but still having a mind of his own.
What is the name of the professor at Ingolstadt who taught Victor Frankenstein?
Two professors at Ingolstadt who impressed and taught Victor Frankenstein were M. Krempe and M. Waldman.
When he first brings it to life Dr Frankenstein is 'what by the creatures what'?
Dr. Frankenstein is "Bewildered by the creature's story."
What is one overarching topic found in Frankenstein?
the natural world versus the manipulations of science - APEX
When did the author of Frankenstein die?
He died when Dr. Frankenstein's lab exploded.
In the original book the monster didn't die, merely took himself way to the 'farthest shore.' In the movies he has died several different ways. In the original movie he was burned to death in a wind-mill.
The monster dies, in the book, after killing himself with the corpse of Victor. He kills himself on a pyre (a pile of burning material, especially a pile of wood on which a dead body is ceremonially cremated).
If you read the book, you will know that the creature never died. The characters that died were Victor's mother, his brother William Frankenstein, his friend (and servant of their house) Justine Moritz, his friend Henry Cerval, his wife Elizabeth Lavenza, and Victor Frankenstein (the protagonist). Most of which, besides his mother, were either killed by the monster or because of something he did.
