In the novel he is never given a specific name, that's why he is just called “the creature”, “the monster”, “Frankenstein's creature” or “Frankenstein's monster”, some argue that he dubbed himself “Adam” and recognized himself as Victor's son making him Adam Frankenstein, but even that is spurious, he does not get the ...
Mary Shelley's original novel never gives the monster a name, although when speaking to his creator, Victor Frankenstein, the monster does say "I ought to be thy Adam" (in reference to the first man created in the Bible).
Victor's refusal to name the beast symbolizes his complete rejection of his creation. The monster does not call himself because he feels that he is different from humans and cannot relate to them. Being rejected by his creator and excluded from society, he does not have anyone who would care for him to give him a name.
The Igor of popular parlance is a composite character, based on characters created for the Universal Studios film franchise. In the first Frankenstein film (1931), Fritz served the role; in subsequent sequels, a different physically deformed character, Ygor, is featured, though Ygor is not an assistant in those films.
In the final scene, Elizabeth is married to the Monster, who has been made into a stock market genius by having Frederick donate a portion of his own brain.
Considered to be his most queer film, The Bride of Frankenstein stands as the crown jewel of his filmography and a landmark within the genre. The queerness of the film is derived from multiple different aspects, such as the character of Frankenstein's Monster or The Monster (Boris Karloff).
In Mary Shelley's novel, the creature demands a mate from his creator. He argues Frankenstein owes him a companion of sympathy, one who will feel his pain because she too is deformed: “You must create a female for me, with whom I can live in the interchange of those sympathies necessary for my being.
In the novel he is never given a specific name, that's why he is just called “the creature”, “the monster”, “Frankenstein's creature” or “Frankenstein's monster”, some argue that he dubbed himself “Adam” and recognized himself as Victor's son making him Adam Frankenstein, but even that is spurious, he does not get the ...
The leading character of Mary Shelley's book, Dr. Victor Frankenstein, was renamed Henry for the movie because it was decided Victor would sound too "severe" and "unfriendly" to American audiences at the time.
Pierce's decision to paint Karloff's skin a greyish green was a conscious choice to play on these limitations, distinguishing the monster from the rest of the cast by giving him a skin color that would be captured as a ghostly white on film.
The novel suggests that the creature cannot be accepted as human because he is a singular being, and therefore cannot be a part of a community. Since Victor made the creature, there is not another being that is the same as him. He is singular in appearance, and in the way he was made.
In “'Passages' In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein: Toward a Feminist Figure of Humanity?” Pon discusses the idea of masculine creation outside of the influence of the feminine. She contends that the monster, as a creation, is strictly masculine without the influence of the feminine.
This is why Victor constantly claims that he is fighting a being known as the monster but the real fiend, daemon, and monster of the story is just Victor Frankenstein himself.
Frankenstein's creature is afraid of fire because fire is deceptive. When he first sees it, he is delighted by its brightness, color, and warmth. It fascinates him, so he tries to touch it. Only then does he discover that its beauty is illusory, hiding a potential to cause great pain.
Most people don't realize it, but the story of Victor Frankenstein and his creation/monster is a golem story. Mary Shelly had just recently shared stories with Byron before writing Frankenstein, only eight years after Grimm's Journal for Hermits was published, and at a time when golem stories were very popular.
The Monster hates Frankenstein for abandoning him after his creation: “He had abandoned me: and, in the bitterness of my heart, I cursed him.” The Monster is also angry with Frankenstein for making the Monster the only one of his kind: “I was dependent on none and related to none.” The Monster also feels hatred and ...
In the 1818 novel by Mary Shelley, Frankenstein's Monster does not have a specific love interest, although he does wish to love and be loved by someone. However, all humans seem to fear and hate him, so he asks Victor Frankenstein to create a companion, or wife, for him who is also a Monster.
The Monster is a metaphor for humanity because, as humans the monster was "born" pure. It wasn't until he was exposed to the torments of humanity that he became murderous and vengeful.
Shelley forces her audience to question what it is that makes a person a monster, whether it is Frankenstein, who is internally flawed, or outward appearances as with the Creation. Through displaying his many flaws, Shelley often depicts Victor Frankenstein as the overarching villain in the novel.
Victor Frankenstein is nearly thirty-eight years old when he dies, according to the novel. The main character's death is briefly described in the last chapter. The author gives more attention to the monster, who cries over Victor's body. It discloses their real relationship, which shall be noted by readers.
After seeing his first creation looking in the window, Frankenstein destroys the unfinished bride. The monster witnesses this, fails to get Victor to put it back together, and vows to be with Victor on his upcoming wedding night. True to his word, the monster murders Frankenstein's new wife Elizabeth.
Yet several generations later Mary Shelley's monster, having resisted his creator's attempts to eliminate him in the book, is able to reproduce himself with the variety and fertility that Frankenstein had feared.
Elizabeth Frankenstein (née Lavenza) is a fictional character first introduced in Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. In both the novel and its various film adaptations, she is the fiancée of Victor Frankenstein.
