Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 year agoRetconlemmy.worldimagemessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1903arrow-down14
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minus-squareguy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up84arrow-down2·edit-21 year 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-squareHandwovenConsensus@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up40·edit-21 year 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-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down4·edit-21 year agoKind of a cop-out, since Dr. Frankenstein is referred to as such in the book and the creature never is.
minus-squareTeraFloppy@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down1·1 year agoOf course, Adam isn’t a Doctor.
minus-squareHeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoHe has an honorary doctorate in monsterology from Wharton
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