Comments on: Frankenstein

By: Bear

Bear — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 06:05:52 +0000

Burned out on Twilight and Harry Potter? I didn’t know anyone could get burned out on Twilight or Harry Potter. I’ve never heard of such a thing!

By: Adam B.

Adam B. — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 04:11:29 +0000

I feel like the French are the only people in the world it is okay to pick on. I wonder why that is?

By: Amira

Amira — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 03:34:00 +0000

especially if you are French…..! ?

By: Adam B.

Adam B. — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:33:02 +0000

I went back and forth on how heinous Shelly intended Frankenstein to be. In some ways she painted him as the ideal man. Perhaps she proposing that our “ideal” is monstrous.
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Then again, the monster was ugly. You can’t forget that. Who can blame the guy for what he did? Haven’t we learned by now that external beauty is the only true virtue?

By: Steven K

Steven K — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:13:09 +0000

I would disagree with you and say that, actually, Frankenstein (the man) is the “Monster” of the story and the creation is the man. But I understand what you’re saying, people tend to use the phrase “Frankenstein Monster,” or “look, here comes Frankenstein” referring to the stiff, green creation as opposed to the creator.