Frankenstein's monster or Frankenstein's creature, often referred to as simply "Frankenstein", is a fictional character who first appeared in Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.
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Frankenstein's monster or Frankenstein's creature, often referred to as simply "Frankenstein", is a fictional character who first appeared in Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.
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Frankenstein's monster'slley describes the monster as 8 feet tall and emotional.
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Frankenstein's monster became iconic in popular culture, and has been featured in various forms of media, including films, television series, merchandise and video games.
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Frankenstein's monster finds solace beside a remote cottage inhabited by an older, blind man and his two children.
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Frankenstein's monster seeks revenge against his creator in particular for leaving him alone in a world where he is hated.
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Frankenstein's monster's limbs were in proportion, and I had selected his features as beautiful.
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Frankenstein's monster wears a dark, usually tattered, suit having shortened coat sleeves and thick, heavy boots, causing him to walk with an awkward, stiff-legged gait .
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Christopher Lee, was annoyed on getting the script and discovering that the Frankenstein's monster had no dialogue, for this creature was totally mute.
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Frankenstein's monster is, as in the novel, motivated by pain and loneliness.
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The Frankenstein's monster retains Waldman's "trace memories" that apparently help him quickly learn to speak and read.
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Frankenstein's monster realizes from the moment of his "birth" that even his own creator cannot stand the sight of him; this is obvious when Frankenstein says "…one hand was stretched out, seemingly to detain me, but I escaped…".
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The Frankenstein's monster was effectively mute in later sequels, although he refers to Count Dracula as his "master" in Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein.
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The Frankenstein's monster is often portrayed as being afraid of fire, although he is not afraid of it in the novel, even using fire to destroy himself.
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The Frankenstein's monster has been analogized to an oppressed class; Shelley wrote that the Frankenstein's monster recognized "the division of property, of immense wealth and squalid poverty".
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Accordingly, the Frankenstein's monster would represent the new nation that Franklin helped to create out of remnants left by England.
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Victor Frankenstein's monster father "made a kite, with a wire and string, which drew down that fluid from the clouds, " wrote Shelley, similar to Franklin's famous kite experiment.
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In discussing the physical description of the Frankenstein's monster, there has been some speculation about the potential his design is rooted in common perceptions of race during the 18th century.
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