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Monster Science

Monster Science — page 3
The Story of Frankenstein Imagine the weather’s rotten and you and some friends are stuck indoors with nothing to do How would you liven things up Would you play a game Tell a ghost story or two Whether you’re at a sleepover camping or chilling in a creepy castle telling scary stories is an age-old way to pass the time So when English poet Lord Byron and his friends were stuck in a gloomy house in Switzerland that’s just what he suggested Each person would write a ghost story and read it aloud to the group Mary Shelley was among those friends Her spooky creation The first draft of the novel Frankenstein Monster Fact At the same house party where Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein John Polidori wrote his famous short story The Vampyre See page 28 Monster Fact In Greek mythology Prometheus was one of the Titans who created the universe He molded humankind out of clay and was later punished for stealing fire from the other gods and giving it to humans Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus was first published in 1818 Today it is a must-read in schools around the world It’s also the inspiration for many popular films TV shows books and comics Shelley’s bone-chilling story is about a scientist named Victor Frankenstein He’s obsessed with creating life So Victor builds a man out of dead body parts and uses his science skills to zap it to life But when his creation wakes and Victor sees it in living breathing horrible action Victor freaks out He abandons it Lonely and unloved the man-made human acts out sometimes in monstrous ways