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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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How much royalties do Sparknotes pay the author of Frankenstein?
The novel 'Frankenstein' by Mary Shelley was first published in 1818. The amount of royalties the company Sparknotes pay to the author's estate is unknown.
Henry Clerval is Victor Frankenstein's boyhood friend, who nurses Victor back to health in Ingolstadt. After working unhappily for his father, Henry begins to follow in Victor's footsteps as a scientist. His cheerfulness counters Victor's moroseness.
Who's bodies were used to make the monster Frankenstein?
First of all, Frankenstein is not a monster, Dr. Victor Frankenstein is a scientist who is really interested in electricity and blood transfusion. He really want to make life after her mother died because of illness. He discovered that he can make the heart of human beating again by having electricity attached to it. So he tried to get the best body parts from the university, but later, the university said that they can not give him any more body parts, but he really need the body parts, so he went to the graveyards and chop of body parts from the dead bodies. he took the body parts from the dead and sew it together to make a whole human body. then he used the same method and made the creature alive. but because the creature's body is formed by dead body parts, it was very ugly. Frankenstein supposed it to be something prettier and nice than human, but it turned out to be so ugly. so Frankenstein left the creature alone and new to the world. Although the monster had a horrible looking, it has a really kind heard. he tried to love everything and everyone, but every thing on the world can't accept him just because he was so ugly. He was the only creature that received no love and is alone. one time, he met a blind girl. because the blind girl can't see him, the became friends and they talked together happily. but when the blind girl's husband came back, he shot the monster and the monster felt what is pain. He was very upset and angry that he became evil. He killed William, Frankenstein's little brother and asked Frankenstein for a mate, a wife, a friend. Then after two years, Frankenstein finished making the mate for the monster, but Elizabeth, Frankenstein's wife killed the Bride of Monster. the Monster was very mad and he killed Frankenstein's Wife. Frankenstein became mad too. So he began chaseing the monster over the world. He was very tired and he finally died. After the monster saw that Frankenstein is dead, he burn himself up in the fire and killed himself.
Is Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein an epistolary novel?
An epistolary novel is a novel written as a series of documents. The usual form is letters, although diary entries, newspaper clippings and other documents are sometimes used. Recently, electronic "documents" such as recordings and radio, blogs, and e-mails have also come into use. The word epistolary comes from the Latin word epistola, meaning a letter. Note that in the Christian Bible, the later books were letters, or "epistles", written by the apostles to various congregations.
The epistolary form can add greater realism to a story, because it mimics the workings of real life. It is thus able to demonstrate differing points of view without recourse to the device of an omniscient narrator.
Mary Shelley employs the epistolary form in her novel Frankenstein (1818). Shelley uses the letters as one of a variety of framing devices, as the story is presented through the letters of a sea captain and scientific explorer attempting to reach the north pole who encounters Victor Frankenstein and records the dying man's narrative and confessions.
Frankenstein What does the monster tell walton about tell type of creature he is and what he wanted?
Frankenstein was a Zombie, and he wanted a friend.
Was Victor Frankenstein a real person?
Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein has become one of the most analysed literary texts of the modern age. Its central theme provides a metaphor conducive to almost limitless reinterpretation, drawn by different readings into the service of numerous ideologies including Marxist economics, radical feminism, green politics, and most recently, genetics and biotechnology.
So that means that Frankenstein is a novel and library text, so the answer is, no.
What has Mr Kirwin done to help Victor at the grand jury inquiry?
He got all the witnesses and arranged everything for Victors defense.
What did the Frankenstein creature learn from the Delacey family?
- How to speak french
- that families are good.
What does Frankenstein say about passion and how a person should deal w it?
He states that passion should be dealt with tranquilly, and that if it was not this way, life would be very different from the way it was at the moment.
What happened on Frankenstein and Elizabeths wedding night?
The monster came and killed Elizabeth as revenge against Frankenstein.
Why did the illustrious poets relinquish their ungenial task?
They relinquishes their task because they did not like writing in prose.
How was the victor Frankensteins vacation in the valley of chamounix in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein?
Victor visit the Valley of Chamounix to clear his mind, it's a place he associated with childhood innocence. "I had visited it frequently during my boyhood" (64). He feels the need to get away from his guilt and from his misery.
What does Shelley claim is necessary for invention?
Mary Shelley claimed that "Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void, but out of chaos; the materials must, in the first place, be afforded..."
What briefly lifts Victor's spirits on his journey home?
it is seeing his childhood friend and seeing elizabeth
When did the creature in Frankenstein declare war on mankind?
It was all because of Victor's lie to the creature. He told the creature that he would make another monster, but as a female, so they could live a love life together. Victor did not follow through with this, causing him to declare war on all mankind.
Should victor have created Frankenstein a mate?
Creating the creature a mate would have solved Frankenstein's immediate problems; however, he could potentially have destroyed humankind or set off a whole chain of events he didn't want to happen. The creature was miserable; creating a whole new race of these creatures could have been disastrous.
Note: Victor Frankenstein is the creator's name; the creature is simply called "the creature" or "the monster" but is NOT called "Frankenstein."
Who does Walton see first on the ice in Frankenstein?
Walton first sees a gigantic man-like figure over 8 feet tall dashing throw the snow on a dog sled. Then afterward sees a man on a dog sled almost dyeing from exhaustion chasing the first figure. Walton take aboard the second man and we find out it is Victor Frankenstein. Therefore the first figure that Walton sees is Victor Frankenstein's Monster whom Victor was chasing.
What was the magistrate's response when Frankenstein told him ther entire story of the creature?
To put it succinctly for those who are too lazy (or smart) to find it in the text, the magistrate thinks that Victor has some extreme mental problems (a.k.a. insane) and tells him to go away, this being the nicer way of putting things.
