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Why do people mistake Frankenstein for the monster?

posted 12 years ago by nights_dream_paradox
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This is so stupid, why can't people get this right? "Frankenstein" is not the monster, it's the mad scientist who creates it.

In the novel, the monster is identified only via words such as "creature", "monster", "fiend", "wretch", "vile insect", "daemon", "being", and "it". Speaking to Victor Frankenstein, the monster refers to himself as "the Adam of your labors", and elsewhere as someone who "would have" been "your Adam", but is instead "your fallen angel." -- Wikipedia

[–] steelysunshine 9 years ago

thanks I will call him Frank Jr. from now on.

[–] watcher101 8 years ago

This goes way back to the novel and original movie. The monster was never actually given a name, and people simply took to calling him Frankenstein. Actually, this was addressed in the second movie.

[–] shruthi-iisc 8 years ago

This has been addressed in the sequel, where he introduces himself first as Frankenstein, and then adds "Technically I'm Frankenstein's monster". So he implies 'Frank' is just his nickname.