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  2. Frankenstein's monster - Wikipedia

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    Frankenstein's monster in an editorial cartoon, 1896, an allegory on the Silverite movement displacing other progressive factions in late 19th century U.S. Shelley described Frankenstein's monster as an 8-foot-tall (2.4 m) creature of hideous contrasts: His limbs were in proportion, and I had selected his features as beautiful. Beautiful! Great ...

  3. Frankenstein in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    This version of the Monster considers himself the legitimate son of Victor Frankenstein, explaining why the game calls him 'Frankenstein' instead of 'Frankenstein's Monster'. The Creature of Dr. Frankenstein appears as the main character in the 2019 video game 'The Wanderer: Frankenstein's Creature' ( Nintendo Switch , PC, iOS/Android).

  4. Frankenstein - Wikipedia

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    Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is an 1818 Gothic novel written by English author Mary Shelley. Frankenstein tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was 18, and the first edition was published anonymously ...

  5. Why we'll always be obsessed with – and afraid of – monsters

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    'Frankenstein' via www.shutterstock.comFear continues to saturate our lives: fear of nuclear destruction, fear of climate change, fear of the subversive, and fear of foreigners. But a Rolling ...

  6. Review: Goya gave Frankenstein's monster his Hollywood face ...

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    That’s the etching that actor Boris Karloff and makeup designer Jack Pierce turned to for inspiration in creating the look of their Frankenstein movie monster. Fitting horror in 1799, 1931 and 2024.

  7. The scariest Halloween monsters and their origin stories - AOL

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    Of all the mythical monsters, Frankenstein is probably the most famous. Brought to life by author Mary Shelley in the 1818 novel by the same name, the mythical monster was said to have been ...

  8. Victor Frankenstein - Wikipedia

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    Victor Frankenstein is a fictional character who first appeared as the titular main protagonist of Mary Shelley's 1818 novel, Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.He is a Swiss scientist (born in Naples, Italy) who, after studying chemical processes and the decay of living things, gains an insight into the creation of life and gives life to his own creature (often referred to as ...

  9. Igor (character) - Wikipedia

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    Boris Karloff as Frankenstein's monster, Basil Rathbone as Dr. Frankenstein's son Wolf Frankenstein, and Bela Lugosi as Ygor in Son of Frankenstein (1939). Igor, or sometimes Ygor, is a stock character, a sometimes hunch-backed laboratory assistant to many types of Gothic villains or as a fiendish character who assists only himself, the latter most prominently portrayed by Bela Lugosi in Son ...