Don't Reanimate Corpses! Frankenstein Part 1: Crash Course Literature 205
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Date: 2022-04-04
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Wally
To all those posting comments about Victor Frankenstein being the -real monster-, this is less a profound thought and more an over simplification of the text. Go back to Percy Shelley's poem in the volume two, chapter two, titled -Immutability-.
-We rest; a dream has power to poison sleep. We rise; one wand'ring thought pollutes the day. We feel, conceive, or reason; laugh, or weep, embrace fond woe, or cast our cares away; It is the same: for, be it joy or sorrow, the path of its departure still is free. Man's yesterday may ne'er be like his morrow; Nought may endure but mutability-.
Much of -Frankenstein- is about change, mutability, and how difficult and slippery the nature of something really is. The creature is of a good nature, yet commits evil crimes eventually. This is true of Victor Frankenstein as well. Which one is man, and which one is monster? They are both man at one time and monster at another, and in many ways they are reflections of each other.
-but Frankenstein abandon the creature and that caused his evil! -, many object. But consider, is not Frankenstein's own scientific drive build upon the dismissive behavior of his father? The novel does not seem to imply evil's origin is its justification.
Closely read the creatures story, and consider how he begins to learn about his friends in the cottage. Does he not show an insatiable hunger for knowledge that reflects Frankenstein's former desire?
Lastly, consider the title of Frankenstein's creation; it is called creature, being, daemon, creation, etc. It seems to lack any fixed identity and is only named in the most general fashion. This emphasizes how much his nature fluctuates.
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To all those posting comments about Victor Frankenstein being the -real monster-, this is less a profound thought and more an over simplification of the text. Go back to Percy Shelley's poem in the volume two, chapter two, titled -Immutability-.
-We rest; a dream has power to poison sleep. We rise; one wand'ring thought pollutes the day. We feel, conceive, or reason; laugh, or weep, embrace fond woe, or cast our cares away; It is the same: for, be it joy or sorrow, the path of its departure still is free. Man's yesterday may ne'er be like his morrow; Nought may endure but mutability-.
Much of -Frankenstein- is about change, mutability, and how difficult and slippery the nature of something really is. The creature is of a good nature, yet commits evil crimes eventually. This is true of Victor Frankenstein as well. Which one is man, and which one is monster? They are both man at one time and monster at another, and in many ways they are reflections of each other.
-but Frankenstein abandon the creature and that caused his evil! -, many object. But consider, is not Frankenstein's own scientific drive build upon the dismissive behavior of his father? The novel does not seem to imply evil's origin is its justification.
Closely read the creatures story, and consider how he begins to learn about his friends in the cottage. Does he not show an insatiable hunger for knowledge that reflects Frankenstein's former desire?
Lastly, consider the title of Frankenstein's creation; it is called creature, being, daemon, creation, etc. It seems to lack any fixed identity and is only named in the most general fashion. This emphasizes how much his nature fluctuates.
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J-HN
Not so fast. It-s worth remembering Mary Shelley was herself guilty of significantly adapting Frankenstein where the 1831 version we know today isn-t a true representation of the original Frankenstein. Her decision to censor the original text was unfortunate and had much to do with publishers demands for what was deemed to be culturally acceptable at the time relative to what wasn-t hence the notion of Victor marrying his first cousin was censored with the original three volumes having to be slimmed down to a single volume. The first ever adaptation of Frankenstein was actually the 1821 edition published in Paris which remains the rarest Frankenstein of all with only a handful of surviving copies known to exist.
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Not so fast. It-s worth remembering Mary Shelley was herself guilty of significantly adapting Frankenstein where the 1831 version we know today isn-t a true representation of the original Frankenstein. Her decision to censor the original text was unfortunate and had much to do with publishers demands for what was deemed to be culturally acceptable at the time relative to what wasn-t hence the notion of Victor marrying his first cousin was censored with the original three volumes having to be slimmed down to a single volume. The first ever adaptation of Frankenstein was actually the 1821 edition published in Paris which remains the rarest Frankenstein of all with only a handful of surviving copies known to exist.
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Caroline
This is my favorite book of all time, and even after knowing about the inaccuracies of media portraying the story, but also never really being a fan of monster movies or the media portrayed monster, it was amazing to read, because it was so much more of a story than I thought it was going to be and so well written as opposed to just being horror as we think of it today, and opened up a whole new world for my love of Gothic horror. Also, while of course like everyone I sympathize with the monster, I found myself relating more to Victor, which was unusual and interesting considering he-s like a terrible person, which really like makes you think lol
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This is my favorite book of all time, and even after knowing about the inaccuracies of media portraying the story, but also never really being a fan of monster movies or the media portrayed monster, it was amazing to read, because it was so much more of a story than I thought it was going to be and so well written as opposed to just being horror as we think of it today, and opened up a whole new world for my love of Gothic horror. Also, while of course like everyone I sympathize with the monster, I found myself relating more to Victor, which was unusual and interesting considering he-s like a terrible person, which really like makes you think lol
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Cat
Word nerd moment is pysdo 18th speak. Come come srrah. Mrs Shelly is one of the mothers of science fiction true however Jules Verne was publishing his novels and before them Gullivers Travels was taking us to cultures where animals speak and if it's sci fi And fantasy then Spencer's Fairy Queen is arguably one of the first. Back in 21st century speak Thanks it's good to see great female novelist included in sci fi. Thank you for listening to my nerd moment. I love these lessons. I've discovered so many books I want to read.
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Word nerd moment is pysdo 18th speak. Come come srrah. Mrs Shelly is one of the mothers of science fiction true however Jules Verne was publishing his novels and before them Gullivers Travels was taking us to cultures where animals speak and if it's sci fi And fantasy then Spencer's Fairy Queen is arguably one of the first. Back in 21st century speak Thanks it's good to see great female novelist included in sci fi. Thank you for listening to my nerd moment. I love these lessons. I've discovered so many books I want to read.
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keshav
i will say that the creature is not the monster but the doctor
why?
well the doctor was driven by his diabolic desire of reanimating corpses for becoming a god; his motives were selfish and he is not giving creature a single chance to prove his harmlessness
on the other hand the creature was the most literate of us and as john sir said seeking knowledge is the best way of being human. and creature did his best in doing so. just because he was born ugly, we term him the monster tells a lot about us humans.
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i will say that the creature is not the monster but the doctor
why?
well the doctor was driven by his diabolic desire of reanimating corpses for becoming a god; his motives were selfish and he is not giving creature a single chance to prove his harmlessness
on the other hand the creature was the most literate of us and as john sir said seeking knowledge is the best way of being human. and creature did his best in doing so. just because he was born ugly, we term him the monster tells a lot about us humans.
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NuclearClarity
They weren-t actually cousins though, Mrs. Frankenstein found Elizabeth in another home and brought her in. They were raised together, so they were more than friends but less than siblings, and the word for that in the olden days was cousin. Cousin wasn-t used to mean literal cousin; Claudius called young Hamlet his cousin in Hamlet but Claudius was actually his uncle. It wasn-t technically incest lol
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They weren-t actually cousins though, Mrs. Frankenstein found Elizabeth in another home and brought her in. They were raised together, so they were more than friends but less than siblings, and the word for that in the olden days was cousin. Cousin wasn-t used to mean literal cousin; Claudius called young Hamlet his cousin in Hamlet but Claudius was actually his uncle. It wasn-t technically incest lol
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Musarate
you'd think that after you have spent years reanimating a corpse you'd be amazed at its functionality than concerned at its appearance. frankenstein was definitely nothing like a real scientist. also, he should have taken more art classes if he wanted his product to be -appealing-.
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you'd think that after you have spent years reanimating a corpse you'd be amazed at its functionality than concerned at its appearance. frankenstein was definitely nothing like a real scientist. also, he should have taken more art classes if he wanted his product to be -appealing-.
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Luiz
The saddest part for me is the one when he learns to talk by watching the family hidden for so long. And then when he goes up to talk to them they simply reject him. For me this is all about how people can't accept anything different.
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The saddest part for me is the one when he learns to talk by watching the family hidden for so long. And then when he goes up to talk to them they simply reject him. For me this is all about how people can't accept anything different.
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ISHANA
Victor Frankenstein enters a body building competition and severely misunderstands the rules. Also Elizabeth was adopted by his mom, she was an italian orphan is not actually related to the Frankensteins
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Victor Frankenstein enters a body building competition and severely misunderstands the rules. Also Elizabeth was adopted by his mom, she was an italian orphan is not actually related to the Frankensteins
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Faith
I jst finished reading, but I thought Elizabeth and him were not actually cousins but were told to because Elizabeth was adopted while the family was traveling.
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I jst finished reading, but I thought Elizabeth and him were not actually cousins but were told to because Elizabeth was adopted while the family was traveling.
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