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Lita Judge’s Mary’s Monster, published in 2018, explores the events in Mary Shelley’s life that led to her writing Frankenstein. The story of Mary Shelley’s life including her parents, meeting Percy Shelley, leaving home at a young age, and losing a…

The painting Prometheus Bound by Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens acts as a visual interpretation from the Greek Poet Aeschylus’s play of the same name; it depicts the titan Prometheus bound to a rock and being consumed by an eagle as punishment by…

In the 1930s, horror films were a staple of Universal Picture Studios. Universal produced movies in the 1940s including House of Frankenstein which Van Helsing is loosely based off of. In the 2004 horror film, Van Helsing, starring Hugh Jackman and…

In this early nineteenth-century watercolor painting depicting a woman's body being dissected, Thomas Rowlandson explores early nineteenth-century attitudes about "resurrection men," that is, people who stole cadavers for anatomical research. The…

I, Robot was a Novel and film based on general fear of advances in technology. The term "Frankenstein Complex" is coined in the novel to describe the fear that robots, like the monster, may rebel against their creators.  Initially in the movie,…

"Some Kind of Monster" from Metallica's album St. Anger describes Frankenstein's Monster. The description fails to decide if the monster is something good, or evil by nature. The band used this concept of the monster to reflect the uncertainty of the…

Rescued from an impoverished life among the Gypsies, raised by a remarkable noblewoman of Geneva, Elzabeth Lavenza was much more than a foster sister to Victor Frankenstein. Together, they forged a sensual bond and entered a world of mythical lore.…

Rocky Horror Picture Show is about a scientist taking in two people who were stranded outside his castle. Brad (Barry Bostwick) and Janet (Susan Sarandon) both take this shelter and meet Dr. Frank-N-Furter (Tim Curry). During this whole thing, a lot…

This entire edition of Life magazine dedicates itself to celebrating 200 years of Frankenstein, as well as uncovering why the monster has lasted such a long time. The publication is split into three sections, the first titled “A Monster is Born”…

This famous skit from “Saturday Night Live” is a short but effective take on Frankenstein’s encounters with people, but with humor mixed in. In this skit, Frankenstein (Bill Hader) attempts to misdirect the leader of a village mob (Hugh Laurie) into…