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What are facts about Frankenstein's monster?
Mary Shelly wrote Frankenstein at 19Though she eventually had a stepmother, Mary Shelley was essentially motherless like Victor Frankenstein and his monster.The idea for Frankenstein came to Mary Shelley as the result of a ghost story contest.The idea for the book Frankenstein came to Mary in a dream.Victor Frankenstein was based on a real person: Johann Konrad Dippel, who was a mad scientist obsessed with creating life.The book Frankenstein was written over two years-1816-1817.Frankenstein had a movie
Are the characters real in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley?
No. It's actually based on a real story which Mary Shelley heard from a mysterious beggar in Geneva in 1816. It is a famed local legend, apparently, though modern scholarships suggest it actually originated when Edward John Trelawny (who would later befriend the Shelleys) was somewhat drunkenly sitting by the Lake Geneva and Lord Byron (also intoxicated) spotted him. Trelawny then told Lord Byron and the physician John Polidori the story, possibly made up on the spot but which soon caught on.
What country was the Frankenstein monster created?
Dr. Victor Frankenstein doesn't say how he created the monster because he didn't want people to commit the same mistake as he did.However, movie adaptations have taken creative liberties by creating different origins from the monster - going from electricity to nanotechnology. It's really up to your imagination. Frankenstein's real name was Eduardo Nico Diorama.
Why does victor Frankenstein regret making Frankenstein?
His initial mistake is arguably the creation of the monster, as this leads on to the destruction of his family, and many deaths, including his lover Elizabeth.
Who named Frankenstein?
Victor Frankenstein created the being in the novel by Mary Shelley (or Mary Wollstoncraft as she was at the time), which she commenced to write in response to a challenge by Lord Byron on a wet holiday in Germany.It is believed that Mary got the name Frankenstein from a nearby castle, Burg Frankenstein, which was actually occupied at one time by a real "mad scientist" , Johann Dippel, who might have provided Mary with her inspiration.Franken is the German word for Franconia, an area of southern Germany and stein the German word for stone.It is said that Dr. Frankenstein made a moster of body parts and organs from dead people.some HAVE SUGGESTED THAT Dr. Frankenstein'S CHARACTER NAME WAS INSPIRED BY Benjamin Franklin EXPERIMENT WITH KITES & LIGHTING.maybe ? yes maybe No.
