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    Frankenstein's monster - Wikipedia

    • Frankenstein's monster, commonly referred to as Frankenstein, is a fictional character that first appeared in Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus as its main antagonist. Shelley's title compares the monster's creator, Victor Frankenstein, to the mythological character Prometheus, who fashioned humans out of clay … See more

    Names

    Mary Shelley's original novel does not give the character a specific name. In the novel, Victor Frankenstein variously … See more

    Shelley's plot

    Victor Frankenstein builds the creature over a two-year period in the attic of his boarding house in Ingolstadt after discovering a scientific principle which allows him to create life from non-living matter. Frankenste… See more

    First appearanceFrankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus
    Created byMary Shelley
    Portrayed byCharles Stanton Ogle · Boris Karloff · Lon Chaney Jr · Bela Lugosi · Glenn Strange · Christopher Lee · Kiwi Kingston · David Prowse · Michael Sarrazin · Bo Svenson · Per Oscarsson · David Warner · Clancy Brown · Clive Russell · John Bloom · Peter Boyle · Nick Brimble · Randy Quaid · Robert De Niro · Kevin James · Rory Kinnear · Xavier Samuel · Evan Jones-Sawyer · Shuler Hensley · Luke Goss · Benedict Cumberbatch · Jonny Lee Miller · Christian Bale · Jacob Elordi
    Nicknames"Creature", "fiend", "spectre", "the dæmon", "wretch", "devil", "thing", "being", "ogre"
    Frankenstein | Character & Facts | Britannica
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    Appearance

    Shelley described Frankenstein's monster as an 8-foot-tall (2.4 m) creature of hideous contrasts:
    His limbs were in proportion, and I had selected his features as beautiful. Beautiful! Great God… See more

    Personality

    As depicted by Shelley, the creature is a sensitive, emotional person whose only aim is to share his life with another sentient being like himself. The novel portrayed him as versed in Paradise Lost, Plutarch's Lives, and … See more

    Interpretations

    Scholars sometimes look for deeper meaning in Shelley's story, and have drawn an analogy between the monster and a motherless child; Shelley's own mother died while giving birth to her. The monster has also been a… See more

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