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In the original novel by Mary Shelley, published in 1818, the man who creates a monster is named Victor Frankenstein. His creation has no name, symbolizing that he has no soul, no family, no identity. In many renditions of the story -- starting with plays just a few years after the novel and including the 1931 film starring Boris Karloff -- the creature has no name. But almost immediately, as if to fill in the void, the name "Frankenstein" was used to name the monster. Read more about the twists and turns of the monster's name in Susan Tyler Hitchcock's book, Frankenstein: A Cultural History. 

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