Flying SquidM to Lemmy [email protected] • 2 years agoRetconlemmy.worldimagemessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1916
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink87•edit-22 years agoIt’s a silly nitpick anyway. The monster, Adam, calls the doctor, Victor Frankenstein, his father. Surnames are inherited, thus they are both Frankensteins.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink40•edit-22 years agoAlso, 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.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-22 years agoKind of a cop-out, since Dr. Frankenstein is referred to as such in the book and the creature never is.
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.