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In the world of Frankenstein

Bangalore : India | 4 months ago  
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Wonder if anyone knows that the novel Frankenstein was written in the period 1817 - 1818 by a young 18-year old girl Mary Shelly – it is the story if a monster created by a scientist Victor Frankenstein. The scientist resurrected a dead body and put life into the corpse but, it finally came to haunt him and the scientist was unable to control its actions. The novel was made into a movie in 1931 and in 1994. However, the storyline was altered and the charm still remained. Frankenstein is a fictional character but is reminiscent of the monsters that we create day in and day out. Especially in politics, the leaders identify individuals who they groom into becoming monsters. They are initially programmed to follow instructions of the master or creator but, over a period time, they get an identity of their own and begin to overrule the master. It is a wonder how a girl in the 19th century could foresee what the world would look like in the 21st century.

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  • Submitted By: prabirghose | 4 months ago
    Mary Shelley came from a rich literary heritage. She was the daughter of William Godwin, a political theorist, novelist, and publisher who introduced her to eminent intellectuals and encouraged her youthful efforts as a writer; and of Mary ...
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    br The chilling adaptation to Mary Shelly's knightly novel. Fuled by his mania to overwhelm death, and via the body series of corpses, Dr. victor Frankenstein creates a rampaging monster. ...
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  • Posted By Sherrill_Fulghum Sherrill_Fulghum | 4 months ago
    There is an episode of "the Highlander" titled "A Modern Prometheus" with Lord Byron as an immortal and the Shelly's visiting. Mary sees a quickening and that is where she got her idea for the book. It made a really interesting point of view.
  • Posted By prabirghose prabirghose | 4 months ago
    thanks for the update ... actually, the link i have provided gives the story in details ...
  • Posted By mona37 mona37 | 4 months ago
    very interesting! and very depicting of the frankenstein's political figures we have today! for instance the american who created talibans and cant destroy them now!
  • Posted By prabirghose prabirghose | 4 months ago
    exactly mona - these monsters keep going from strength to strength and the creator wrings his hands in agony and repents ...
  • Posted By Sherrill_Fulghum Sherrill_Fulghum | 4 months ago
    Every government seems to have its own version of the Frankenstein monster.
  • Posted By mllovric mllovric | 4 months ago
    I read the original story from Mary Shelley and only few nights ago they
    showed the brand new version of Frankenstein on HBO Philippines. It was
    the remake of it because in the original it was a man who went out to meet Frankenstein in his castle in Transilvania, in this one it is a woman. 9/8/2009.
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