Frankenstein has become an iconic horror character since Mary Shelley first breathed life into her creation in 1816. Growing up my images of Frankenstein was that of the monster; square head, bolts in his neck, greenish in color and zombie style walk. The cartoons and images at Halloween, the television series, The Munsters, and the classic Boris Karloff movies of the 1930's painted the Creature as an iconic scary monster. It wasn't until I read Frankenstein in college that I truly understood the true origins of this character. Frankenstein was not the name of the frightening creature, but his maker, Victor Frankenstein. What was the creature's name? Victor never named his creation, never gave him a true identity. The Creature, childlike in
