The Monster Behind the Scenes
Throughout the last century, the movie and theater industries have been creating and recreating movies about Frankenstein, the monster. He has been depicted as a gigantic, ugly monster with incredible strength that walks around searching for his next victim. In the original book Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, the Monster is not depicted as a complete savage, but is shown to be more of a person. The Creature is intelligent and is an outcast from society. Regardless of the Creature’s horrific appearance, he was very a very intelligent individual. When the Creature is telling Frankenstein about how he first learned about communication, he says, “This reading had puzzled me extremely at first, but by degrees I discovered that he uttered many of the same sounds when he read as when he talked. I conjectured, therefore, that he found on the paper signs for speech which he understood, and I ardently longed to comprehend these also; but how was that possible when I did not even understand the sounds for which they stood as signs?” (98). The Creature is able to recognize patterns in the speech of DeLacey. He is then able to infer that symbols on the paper represent the words that DeLacey has been using. Much like his creator, Frankenste
. . .
Some common words found in the essay are:
Frankenstein Creature, Regardless Creatures, , Mary Shelley, Shelley Monster, telling frankenstein, wretchedness creature, monster depicted, creature telling frankenstein, frankenstein creature, creature recounts, creature telling, mary shelley, growing intelligence, outcast society, creature able,
Approximate Word count = 866
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
|
 |
