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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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A scientist creates a monster. Who is actually kind and lonely. He is avoided and everyone thinks he is a hideous monster but he is actually acting out of hurt. Becaus no one understands him or will give him a chance
When was Young Frankenstein created?
1478 is not the correct answer. 1478 is the year his grand father died. He rides a steam train which means it had to take place after 1803 when the first trains were inventned. Given the information he is teachin g in hks class about the brain in the begining dof the film, I suspect it took place some where near the early 1900's
Why does Frankenstein create a mate for the monster?
the narrator agreeded to make a companion for the monster so the monster was not alone or sad and so nobody hurted them and allso it was frankenstains fault for leaving the monster alone with out a companion
What lesson is victor Frankenstein trying to teach Walton?
The moral lesson of Frankenstein, simply stated, is that Victor should not have tried to "play" God. It was morally wrong to upset the natural order of the world, and to add to it, his rejection and denial of the monster raises the question of nature vs. nuture, and that it was immoral to walk away from his creation.
What type novel is Frankenstein?
this is simply a romantic novel
Frankenstein is a Gothic romance based around the Prometheus myth and Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost.
fiction
Who was there when Frankenstein was written?
Wordsworth, Coleridge and Mary Shelley on a beautiful morning took a walk along the sea shore when they came across a portion of 'ribbed sea sand'. Coleridge commented that "it looks like the ribs of an old man lying dying there." There followed a heated discussion on what horror really is and it was decided that each one of them should write a horror poem. Accordingly the inept Wordsworth wrote The Stolen Boat which has not been heard to have caused fear in anyone. Coleridge wrote his immortal The Rhyme Of The Ancient Mariner which terrified even himself. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein still continues to terrify this world.
The first edition was anonymously published in London in 1818 but in the second edition, published in France, Mary Shelley's name finally appeared.
Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein.
Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus was written by the English writer Mary Shelley (or Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin as she was when she first conceived the story) when she was 19 years old. While on vacation with her husband Percy and Lord Byron, on a wet holiday together in Switzerland, they had a friendly contest one day to see who could write the scariest story. Frankenstein was Mary's submission. The book was published in 1818 Jan 1.
Mary Shelley is British and was born in London on 30th August 1797. Mary Shelley's mother had died shortly after her birth and so her father was left to care for her and her older sister. For that time period, Mary had had a good education. She enjoyed literature, reading and discussing books.
Mary Shelley
Mary Shelley .
The name Frankenstein is not the name of the creature. It is the name of the mad scientist who made the creature. The creature took the name Legion from a Biblical remark by the Devil. During the temptation of Christ in the wilderness, Jesus asks the tempter his name and the tempter says, "My name is legion for we are many". And the creature knows that he was put together from many parts.
Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus was written by the English writer Mary Shelley (or Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin as she was when she first conceived the story) when she was 19 years old. While on vacation with her husband Percy and Lord Byron, on a wet holiday together in Switzerland, they had a friendly contest one day to see who could write the scariest story. Frankenstein was Mary's submission. The book was published in 1818 Jan 1.
The Modern Prometheus was going to be the name for Frankenstein, but Mary Shelly changed her mind thus calling the book Frankenstein.
Mary Shelley is British and was born in London on 30th August 1797. Mary Shelley's mother had died shortly after her birth and so her father was left to care for her and her older sister. For that time period, Mary had had a good education. She enjoyed literature, reading and discussing books.
According to the introduction Mary Shelley wanted to write what type of ghost story?
A story that awakened horror in the reader
How does the author of Frankenstein use mystery and foreshadowing in chapter 3?
In Frankenstein chapter 8, more of Frankenstein's family will die and that the rest will suffer from great sadness is foreshadowed at the end of the chapter.
If you are referring to the novel by Mary Shelley, he wasn't exactly 'born'. The monster was created by Victor Frankenstein using body parts from cemeteries around his workshop in Ingolstadt.
Where did victor see the creature again several months after creating him?
victor sees the monter again when he goes hiking alone to clear his mind:)
How long has Frankenstein been around?
His age in Mary Shelley's version (The original version) was never stated.
What does Frankenstein say to Elizabeth?
In the movie Frankenstein (1931) Karloff as Frankenstein says: "It's alive! It's alive! In the name of God! Now I know what it's like to be God!" However this was censored and changed to: "Its alive its really alive my god its alive"
In Young Frankenstein (1974) the dialogue is "Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Alive! It's alive! It's alive! "
However in the book Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (born Mary Wollstonecraft) 1797-1851 no dialogue is recorded:
Chapter 5.
It was on a dreary night of November that I beheld the accomplishment
of my toils. With an anxiety that almost amounted to agony, I
collected the instruments of life around me, that I might infuse a
spark of being into the lifeless thing that lay at my feet. It was
already one in the morning; the rain pattered dismally against the
panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of the
half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature
open; it breathed hard, and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs.
How can I describe my emotions at this catastrophe, or how delineate
the wretch whom with such infinite pains and care I had endeavoured to
form? His limbs were in proportion, and I had selected his features as
beautiful. Beautiful! Great God! His yellow skin scarcely covered
the work of muscles and arteries beneath; his hair was of a lustrous
black, and flowing; his teeth of a pearly whiteness; but these
luxuriances only formed a more horrid contrast with his watery eyes,
that seemed almost of the same colour as the dun-white sockets in which
they were set, his shrivelled complexion and straight black lips.
Who dies in the novel Frankenstein?
William Frankenstein- the creator not the monster's son
Justine Moritz- the Frankensteins' maid servant
Henry Clerval- Frankenstein's best friend
Elizabeth Lavenza- Frankenstein's bride
Alphonse- Frankenstein's father
Victor Frankenstein himself dies
What was the turning point in Frankenstein?
When the creation gets shot by the man at the river when he was just trying to save his daughter. this turning point is the final straw for the creation and turns him fully evil where he had before been "benevolent and kind". "the mildness of my nature had fled". "I was benevolent and kind; misery made me a fiend". thats the turning point in my opinion as this is when he decided to go after Frankenstein and wreak his revenge. !
How does victor Frankenstein feel about his creation?
In the book, Victor made his monster to be beautiful... and then it came alive. After running from it and falling asleep, he wakes to find the monster reaching for him, and he believes the monster is trying to attack him. from then on, he loathes it with all his being. he feels hate, fear, and a sense of loss, because he made this creation and left it. It destroyed everything he loves, his servant, his brother, and finally, his wife! It justifies this action by saying that all he ever knew was hate. "how dare you sport thus with life?"
Victor now hates the monster, all he can think is kill... kill... He is consumed with his hatred, and this leads to his death.
When does the monster come alive in Frankenstein?
The Creature started to come to life in the start of chapter five
Why did Victor's wife Elizabeth Lavenza Frankenstein die in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley?
He ripped her heart out in the movie Mary Shelly's Frankenstein
In the actual book the monster strangled her on her bed.
Which aspect of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein most clearly shows a Gothic influence in the story?
Frankenstein suffers mental torture from his guilt while his monster tortured others for vengeance.
How does the monster try to gain control of Victor?
the monster tries to appeal to victor's sympathy by sharing his sad story
