Sorry, I was listening to that song a lot today, and I almost went to find something interesting about it or the Nightmare Before Christmas movie to tell you about.
I didn't though. This isn't about that.
But, since it's Halloween, I figured I should cover something related to that.
I want to talk about Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein' for just a bit, because there's something that a lot of people have been getting wrong.
Frankenstein is the name of the Scientist, not the Monster.
Furthermore, the 'Monster' of that story is just as much a victim as anyone else, and the real monster is the scientist.
Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein, was the wife of Percy Bysshe Shelley, wrote the book as an 18 year old and published anonymously to start. The subtitle of the book is 'The Modern Prometheus', which some think refers to a similar title being given to Benjamin Franklin for his electricity experiments, but it could also be because she saw Prometheus as the start of something bad--eating meat, because Prometheus gave us fire--so she could be suggesting that Frankenstein started something that would lead to more horror.
While you're considering that though, please remember that the monster was basically a baby and had to learn control, among other things. Frankenstein, on the other hand, knew what he was doing (mostly, at least) and did it anyway.
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We'll leave that one alone this time because it's mostly stuff I've picked up about things without ever actually reading the book because I just have no interest in that genre.
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