• metaStatic
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    972 months ago

    Knowledge is understanding Frankenstein isn’t the monster

    Wisdom is understanding that Frankenstein is the monster

      • @Bertuccio
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        22 months ago

        And THAT’S how I got into Juilliard!

    • @[email protected]
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      182 months ago

      Ethics is understanding that the reason he’s the monster is because he’s a neglectful and abusive parent.

    • @[email protected]
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      142 months ago

      Knowledge is having read the book and seeing both parties acknowledge that their relationship is familial, that Frankenstein is a surname, and thus recognizing that there is both the Doctor and Monster Frankenstein.

      • @[email protected]
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        82 months ago

        They’re both Frankenstein, and also they’re both monsters. Victor shouldn’t have made the monster, and he should’ve done more to stop it, but the monster was also an asshole. Being treated like a monster doesn’t make it okay to act like one.

    • @[email protected]
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      72 months ago

      And actually reading the book is understanding that Frankenstein wasn’t the monster

      His biggest crime was abandoning his creation. His creation’s biggest crime was the multiple murders

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        52 months ago

        I’m not going to justify the murders, especially the child, but the common people were beating him everywhere he went. This guy was a genius who just wanted a friend.

      • @WhiskyTangoFoxtrot
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        32 months ago

        Frankenstein’s biggest crime was allowing Justine to be executed.

  • @Pilferjinx
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    332 months ago

    If I created a monster, I’d like them to inherit my last name.

    • neoman4426
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      192 months ago

      Yeah, there’s a pretty decent argument that “Adam” would count as Victor’s illegitimate son

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        2 months ago

        Furthermore, as a creation of Victor Frankenstein, calling the monster “a Frankenstein” is no more inaccurate than calling Guernica “a Picasso,” or a 1996 Camry “a Toyota.”

  • @[email protected]
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    182 months ago

    If the monster was the doctor’s son (or “son”), wouldn’t they have the same surname?

    • @then_three_more
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      122 months ago

      They didn’t have a great relationship. Maybe the monster would prefer to go by it’s mother’s maiden name.

  • @pyre
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    112 months ago

    “Dr. Frankenstein is my father’s name. Call me Frank.”

  • @werefreeatlast
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    32 months ago

    I know there’s Frankenstein, but is there the opposite? Lyingstein? Desifulstein!