The Frankestein Creature

Robert De Niro as the Frankestein creature

The Modern Prometheus is the alternative title of the novel by Mary Shelley that we know as Frankestein. This work tells us about the tragic story of Dr. Frankestein, a man obssessed with finding a way to create life on his own, and he does it by animating a creature made up by the parts of different corpses.The creature, despised by his creator the very moment it comes to life, eventually learns to hate as it is hated and takes revenge on his own creator not by killing “his father” but those he loves the most instead. As you can see the creature is not the mindless monster that Boris Karloff impersonated: it can think, it can speak, it can feel resentment. Revered by most as one of the greatest classics in horror literature, there are those who think this novel is actually one of the first Sci-fi tales ever written. Now, how is that possible? 




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