It’s such a common mistake. The doctor who creates Mary Shelley in Frankenstein’s novel doesn’t have a name.
That’s a ligit good holup picture
It’s a silly nitpick anyway. The monster, Adam, calls the doctor, Victor Frankenstein, his father. Surnames are inherited, thus they are both Frankensteins.
Also, it’s not uncommon to call a creation after it’s creator (“that painting is a Van Gogh”), so calling him “a Frankenstein” works too.
Kind of a cop-out, since Dr. Frankenstein is referred to as such in the book and the creature never is.
Of course, Adam isn’t a Doctor.
He has an honorary doctorate in monsterology from Wharton
relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/2799/
Also relevant: https://xkcd.com/1589/
Finally, some fucking closure
This is my canonical version
OMG spoilers!
Spoiler
The real monster is the person who wrote in that book with a pen.
Disgusting… Absolutely disgusting…
We could just call him Adam?
I think his name is Maurice, actually.
Cause he speaks of the pompatus of love?
Let’s just go with Space Cowboy, then.
The doctor is a monster for creating the monster.
He acknowledged Adam as his son, and Frankenstein is a surname.
The name of the monster is Adam Frankenstein.
Full name: Brigadier General Adam Frankenstein (Mrs)
damn! the handwriting is so perfect
Slavoj Žižek’s Freudian-Hegelian interpretation of Mary Shelley’s story is worth investigating especially in relation to Shelley’s family, the French Revolution, and transgressive sexual politics.
