The character Frankenstein happens to be very well-known in today’s media. Mary Shelley’s novel and story itself seems to be overlooked when it comes to who the monster is. When most think of Frankenstein, it’s a green giant who resembles the look of a zombie. Most probably wouldn’t know that they’re wrong in several ways. Comparing the book to modern world, Frankenstein has given us the look of a green monster, new research on animated life, and life lessons. During the 1800’s, science and medicine had not come to a point where we learned how to reanimate life. In the modern world, the idea has been played around with movies like Frankenhooker (which seems pretty disgusting) and Frankenweenie, but have we actually been able to reanimate life? One report from the 1950’s suggested a procedure that “will lay the foundation for powerful new medical procedures (Reanimated Rodents and the Meaning of Life)” but, since then, there has only been talk of future reanimating. Talk like, “While it has undeniably been important and the basis of many advances in the medical field for the purposes of organ storage and resuscitation techniques, will there ever truly be a time when dying will become not our final end or an immutable fact of life, but rather just a minor inconvenience? (The Dark Quest to Reanimate the Dead)”. Or “Because even a mad scientist can't put Humpty Dumpty's cells back together again, a real-life Frankenstein's monster is not a possibility in the foreseeable future. (Is it Possible to Reanimate the Dead?)”.
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He is more likely to be known as the monster, not the creator; the green zombie, not the scientific mind. There is an overwhelming amount of differences as well as new knowledge that revolves around
He is more likely to be known as the monster, not the creator; the green zombie, not the scientific mind. There is an overwhelming amount of differences as well as new knowledge that revolves around