Episode #238 ... Frankenstein - Mary Shelley

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  So this episode's about the philosophical themes of the book Frankenstein by Mary Shelley.

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  And I think out of respect to your time,

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  it's worth it to clear up a few misconceptions real briefly right here at the start that'll help frame this whole thing.

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  First of all, for anyone just getting started with this book,

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  Victor Frankenstein is the name of the scientist that makes the monster in this book.

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  The monster is not named Frankenstein.

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  In fact, the monster in the book doesn't really have a name, which,

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  as we'll see, is part of the point that Mary Shelley was going for.

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  Secondly, I think most people, when they think of Frankenstein's monster,

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  they think of this, you know, giant green dude, bolts coming out of his neck,

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  he's got a bowl cut, and he just sort of lumbers around,

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  all stiff, moaning at people, you know, like he's a zombie or something.

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  Just know this is a Hollywood thing that came from when they made the Frankenstein movie in the 1930s.

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  This is nothing like the creature Mary Shelley describes in the book.

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  In the book, this creature is articulate.

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  He's fast, murdering people, planting evidence, framing people for murder.

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