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minus-square@guy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink83•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-square@HandwovenConsensus@lemm.eelinkfedilink39•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-square@samus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish-3•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-square@HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•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