Frankenstein

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Victor Frankenstein is not a doctor.

He was born and raised in Geneva Switzerland.

He went to the University of Ingostadt in Switzerland where he creates the "monster". At this time, Victor is a student of "natural philosophy", which involves chemistry and other science.

Also of note:

Victor Frankenstein is the creator of the monster, which is called the "creature" for much of the time in the novel.

The creature has no name.

There is an unbelievable number of symbolism in the paragraph where the creature has just killed Elizabeth and Victor races into the room to see what has happened alone. They include: Windows/Shutters= borderlines that the creature could not cross until the moment when he reached into Victor's life and took Elizabeth from him. Yellow = throughout the book, yellow is the color of evil and the monster (yellow eyes, yellow moon light) Moon = the fact that the creature is protected by Nature (learning to live in the forest, and so on).

Lightning = the moment of life, and the energy that filled the creature with life and potential. Lake = the lake represents the potential of the novel.

The way the lake is portrayed mimics the tone of the story. i.e. it is peaceful when Victor is young and innocent, but when Victor is depressed after hearing of William's murder and is returning home in chapter 7, Nature reflects his mood, "vivid flashes of lightning dazzled my eyes, illuminating the lake, making it appear like a vast sheet of fire" (Shelley 50).

dr frankenstien was based on a very real German "mad scientist" who allegedly attempted to electronically conjoin and revive dead body parts

Victor fears the creature's power. He fears that it will harm his family, friends, and other people with his size, strength, and frightening appearance. He's also afraid that, if a female creature is created and they procreate, Victor will have been responsible for creating a race that is a danger to humankind.

He has no link to any other human

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Actually I don't think it would have been wise for him to make a female creature.

The creature told Frankenstein that if he would make him a wife,

he and she would go far away from the world of men and he would

never again harm a living thing. Frankenstein, as many people know,

did not do this, fearing that the female might not agree with the creature's

plans or that they would hate each other. This, in my opinion, would to little

to change the creature's ways. Besides this, there is not telling what the female's

actions would be. Also, Frankenstein thought, even if she did agree to join the creature in exile, they might reproduce, and so he destroyed the nearly completed female,

setting the creature on to more murders.

The solution to the reproductive problem, of course, is devastatingly simple:

Frankenstein should simply have built a female without reproductive organs.

Frankenstein turns to forbidden sciences and discovers how to recreate life. When he does, however, he believes that he has created a monster and flees. The monster chases him and demands that he creates a "mate" for him. Frankenstein almost does, but winds up refusing. The monster kills everyone close to him. He turns to pursue the monster. He dies. A sailor finds his written works and tries to continue the quest. the book ends.

billy-bob Joel

Her father was William Godwin (1756-1836), an anarchist philosopher and one of the earliest proponents of utilitarianism.

Frankenstein is a novel written by Mary Shelley about eccentric scientist Victor Frankenstein, who creates a grotesque creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was nineteen, and the novel was published when she was twenty-one. The first edition was published anonymously in London in 1818. Shelley's name appears on the second edition, published in France in 1823.

In Chapter 5, Victor is successful in bringing his creation to life. However, he becomes horrified because of the creature's appearance. He runs from the room and does not return until the creature has left. This leaves the creature all alone and without a guide or father-figure. At first the creature is good and well-meaning. But without Victor or anyone to guide him, he must find out about life by himself and people treat him terribly. This eventually leads to the creature's change into a monster and the death of most of Victor's family and other important people in Victor's life. So this chapter serves to set up the change in both the creature and the creator.

frankenstein is tortured by guilt whereas the monster is tortured by rejection

Prometheus was one who, in Greek mythology, stole fire from the gods and gave it to man. As punishment for his misdeeds, Zeus, chained Prometheus to a rock and sentenced him to have his innards pecked out everyday by vultures.

Dr. Frankenstein is a fictional character in Mary Shelley's novel, Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus. In the novel, the doctor creates life using ground-breaking technology and methodology. His experiments climax when he reanimates a dead man, which he had stitched together from several corpses of other dead men. Not moments after his creature had come to life, Frankenstein was filled with hate and disgust for his 'son'.

Frankenstein was essentially 'punished'. He had stolen a gift of the gods -in this case life, as opposed to fire- and now had to have his innards eaten out, so to speak. His punishment was that he hated his own creation, which he thought he would love unconditionally.

Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus is a fantastic novel that can be seen as a trial of the soul, a political allegory, an existential work, representation of Greek mythology and so forth, but, what it ultimately tells the reader is a tale about human nature and discovering who you are and what your purpose is on Earth. Hope this helps!

No, Robert Walton was writing the letters to his sister, Margret. In the fourth letter, he was telling her about Victor, who later tells Robert his story. Victor created the Frankenstein monster.

waldman

False. It takes Frankenstein 4 months to recover then decides to go home when his 5 year old brother is found murdered.

The very first movie about Frankenstein was made in 1910 starring Charles Ogle as Frankenstein. It ran for 16 minutes and was a silent movie. The very first talking movie about Frankenstein was produced in 1931 and starred Boris Karloff as Frankenstein. It was simply called "Frankenstein". It was based on a book by Mary Shelley. There have been many movies and TV shows about this character made.

Victor Frankenstein Remember- Frankenstein is the creator not the monster!

All of their emotional responses are overly-intense as the Romantics fancied themselves

preternaturally aware of sensory and emotional experience.

Dr. Frankestein never had any children. He was engaged to marry Elizabeth but the monster killed her.

North pole. He wants to discover new lands.

The Frankenstein monster: Boris Karloff

Victor (Henry in the movie) Frankenstein: Colin Clive

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