#frankentstein

Henry Clerval deserved better

The last couple of pages hit like a TRUCK

Like. The fact that even though Victor hated the Creature with a passion for EXISTING the creature still held some affection for him and that makes my heart hurt.

Elizabeth was WAY too good for Victor.

Why did she use the word orbs.

Victor and the Creature are nature vs nurture. The creature is bad because society has only ever treated him badly and hate is all he ever experienced. Victor is a bad person because he can’t seem to be anything else.

BUT the creature is still bad. He sets a house on fire and murders four people and laughs at the guy crying over his dead wife’s body. Having a traumatic backstory is no excuse for that.

Also saying that the creature is JUST misunderstood makes the book so much worse because it takes away from a whole host of parallels between Victor and the creature and takes away the fact that no matter how hard he tries his creation is just like him. And also it makes the creature so much more boring.

Captain Walton is very gay.

It’s almost halloween season!!

David Charles Prowse MBE (1 July 1935 – 28 November 2020)

The Actor who brought one of the greatest Villains to Life!

From the moment Darth Vader silently walked on screen in 1977’s Star Wars: A New Hope — a towering figure clad in black, stalking slowly but with menacing purpose — it was clear that the world had a new icon of villainy. That was the power of David Prowse. 

David Prowse’s Vader was an intimidating presence who, with simple gestures, could convey anger, sadness, and lost hope.

David Prowse began bodybuilding at a young age, and went on to win the British heavyweight weightlifting championship for three straight years from 1962-64. 

He would eventually transition into a career in film and TV, including roles in A Clockwork Orange (1971), The Tomorrow People (1973), and played Frankentstein’s monster in three Hammer horror films. 

He was particularly well known to UK audiences thanks to his portrayal of the Green Cross Code Man, a superhero who promoted road safety in a campaign that ran from 1971-1990 — a part that would see him awarded an MBE in 2000.

In addition, Prowse also worked behind the scenes, training Christopher Reeve for the title role in Superman (1978).

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Victor’s desire for asexual procreation, motivated by his mother’s death and his own misogyny, is reflected in the way that the women are portrayed throughout the novel and in his own pursuits to create life that recreates the womb while circumventing the women that they belong to.

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Based on this tumblr post and political cartoon.

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