弗兰肯斯坦介绍
万圣节的历史人物与文化名人
万圣节的历史人物与文化名人万圣节作为西方世界的传统节日,深受人们喜爱,并广泛传播至世界各地。
在这个独特的节日中,有许多历史人物和文化名人成为了代表性的形象。
他们的故事、传说和形象都深深地植根于万圣节的文化中。
本文将介绍几位与万圣节紧密相关的历史人物和文化名人,并解读他们在节日中的象征意义。
1. 雷神托尔(Thor) - 带给我们盛大的酒会《北欧神话》中的主要角色之一,雷神托尔常常被描绘为一个善战且力大无穷的战士。
在万圣节的庆祝活动中,他以装扮成托尔的形象,成为了广受欢迎的角色之一。
他手持巨锤,身穿铠甲,带给人们勇气和保护的感觉。
此外,托尔还与丰饶与庆典相关,他的加入让万圣节的庆祝活动更加盛大,让人们充满快乐与热闹。
2. 猫女(Catwoman) - 追求自由与神秘作为蝙蝠侠系列漫画中的人物,猫女以她神秘的形象和敏捷的身手而闻名。
她的角色形象常常出现在万圣节的庆祝活动中,让人们欣赏她的勇敢和狡猾。
猫女是自由与独立的代表,她的存在使得万圣节的氛围更加浓厚,也赋予了女性更多的选择和表达自我的机会。
3. 弗兰肯斯坦(Frankenstein) - 赋予我们勇敢的面对恐惧弗兰肯斯坦是文学作品《科学怪人》中的主要人物,他以他独特的外貌和人性复制的故事而闻名。
在万圣节的装扮中,人们常常选择扮演弗兰肯斯坦的形象,突出了与恐怖和死亡相联系。
弗兰肯斯坦的角色代表着面对恐惧的勇气,他鼓励人们勇敢地面对内心的恐惧,并通过此来实现自我成长和超越。
4. 丑肃因犯罪(The Joker) - 表达狂欢与颠覆作为蝙蝠侠系列漫画的反派角色之一,丑肃因犯罪以他破坏性的行为和反叛精神而备受瞩目。
丑肃因犯罪的形象经常出现在万圣节的庆祝活动中,他带给人们一种狂欢和颠覆的感觉。
他的形象具有反传统的意义,挑战社会规范和现实常规。
通过扮演丑肃因犯罪,人们能够释放内心的压抑情感,表达自由和个性。
5. 女巫(Witch) - 传承神秘和魔法的儿女女巫是万圣节中最经典的形象之一。
弗兰肯斯坦
2.科技发展使人类社会和人类本身都感到 应接不暇,怪物在某种意义上正代表着正在 发展和渗透进人类社会的科学技术。我们可 以看到,作者忧虑的心情充分表现于作品, 阴郁的情调贯穿全书,并投射入文字当中。 比如作品中的四次暴风雨,正是预示着变革 的来临。读罢整部作品,我们会发现作者有 一种非常紧张、躁动的心情。
从此阴影便开始笼罩在了弗兰肯斯坦身上。 怪物杀死了他的弟弟,又嫁祸于女仆。弗兰 肯斯坦赶到现场后,终于发现这些都系怪物 所为,于是开始了对怪物的追逐,一直追到 阿尔卑斯山上。怪物认为自己没有受到公平 的待遇,得不到爱。“我要获得一切”。因 此它要求弗兰肯斯坦再为它造一个女人,然 后两人一同隐居。
作品分析
本书揭示了作者的哲学观点。她认为人具有
双重性格——善与恶。长期受人嫌恶、岐视 和迫害会使人变得邪恶而干出种种坏事,甚 至发展到不可收拾的地步。它还为英语添加 了一个新的单词Frankenstein,一个最终毁 了它的创造者的东西。
1.在作品中,作者所塑造的怪物本来心地 善良,乐于助人,最后却发展为一个社会秩 序的破坏者,变成了一个地地道道的魔鬼, 但即便如此却仍保有一定的良知;而弗兰肯 斯坦本人开始认为自己的行为没有任何错误, 后来逐渐变得内疚,最后终于勇于承担责任, 与怪物进行决斗。
弗兰肯斯坦开始同意了,但在造好通电的那
一刹那,他突然产生了犹豫:如果它们真的 恋爱繁衍,又会给人类带来多么大的麻烦? 如果女怪物不愿与男怪物一起隐居怎么办? 于是他马上毁掉了女怪物。怪物看到这一切 后暴跳如雷,对人类社会和自己的前途彻底 绝望,杀死了弗兰肯斯坦的好友,又在婚礼 那天杀死了弗兰肯斯坦的新娘。而这时弗兰 肯斯坦也愤怒了,两人开始了互相追杀,一 直追逐到北极……
典范英语10 弗莱克斯坦故事介绍
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Frankenstein wanted fame as a scientist. He wanted to find the secrets of life so that all people live with out the fear of death.
But something went wrong----his creation was a monster, ugly and strong. Even Frankenstein could not look on his creation with love---but only with fear. No one gave the monster a chance. All he looked for was friendship until he found that
Lonely and desperate Blind and kind brave Dark-haired pretty girl
The sister
Agatha
Pretty and gentle
Robert Walton: Ship captain who takes Victor aboard in the Arctic. He listens to and writes down Victor’s strange story.
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Frankenstein
• "Frankenstein" (The Modern Prometheus) is first "science fiction" in western literature, which is born in the Geneva lake by the Mary Shelley (Mary Woolstonecraft Shelley) hand. Originally published in 1818, more popular versions are published in 1831 as the third edition, which belongs to the Gothic novels influenced by the romantic influence. Later, some scholars think that the origin of the story can be viewed as a horror fiction or science fiction. The origin of the novel Frankenstein, is also the mad doctor in the story.
《弗兰肯斯坦》内容概括
《弗兰肯斯坦》内容概括《弗兰肯斯坦》是由英国作家玛丽·雪莱于1818年创作的小说,讲述了一个富有想象力的生物学家由于追求科学真理而创造出一个非人类的生命体的故事。
这部小说探讨了科学、创造力、人类和自然的关系等多个话题。
以下是该小说的概括:一、创造力与科学的关系弗兰肯斯坦在创造“人造生命体”时,源于自己对科学真理的追求和对生命的好奇心。
他相信,通过科学的方法可以创造出一个超越自然界的生命体,这也是他创造人造生命体的初衷。
但是,他也意识到这种创造力可能会带来危险和后果,因此他在创造过程中感到内心的挣扎和矛盾。
小说通过弗兰肯斯坦的故事,探讨了创造力和科学之间的关系,以及科学真理与人类利益之间的矛盾。
二、人类与自然的关系在小说中,弗兰肯斯坦将自己的创造力用于创造一个非人类的生命体,这也引发了人们对于人类和自然关系的思考。
弗兰肯斯坦认为,人类可以超越自然界,掌握自然规律并创造出一个更加完美的世界。
但是,这种想法引发了社会和科学界的质疑和批判,人们开始探索人类和自然之间的关系,以及如何平衡人类利益和自然生态的保护。
小说通过弗兰肯斯坦的故事,表达了对人类与自然和谐关系的探索和思考。
三、人性与社会制度的关系在小说中,弗兰肯斯坦的创造力受到社会制度的限制和约束。
他试图创造一个超越自然界的生命体,但是受到当时社会对于科学和创造力的限制和约束。
这也引发了人们对于社会制度和人性之间的关系的思考。
小说通过弗兰肯斯坦的故事,表达了对于社会制度和人性之间关系的探索和思考。
四、主题与意义《弗兰肯斯坦》这部小说探讨了科学、创造力、人性和社会制度等多个话题。
通过弗兰肯斯坦这个人物形象的描绘,展现了作者对于科学、创造力、人类和自然之间关系的思考和探索。
小说通过对于弗兰肯斯坦创造“人造生命体”过程中内心挣扎和矛盾的描写,表现了创造力和科学真理之间的矛盾和挑战。
同时,小说也表达了对于社会制度和人性之间关系的思考和探索。
这部小说不仅是一部文学作品,更是一部思想深刻、内涵丰富的作品,具有重要的文化和社会意义。
英语名著《弗兰肯斯坦》阅读指导与分享课教学设计
英语名著《弗兰肯斯坦》阅读指导与分享课教学设计作者:李振来来源:《中国教师》2019年第05期《弗兰肯斯坦》是一本科幻小说,讲述了一个人造生命的故事。
故事发生在19世纪的瑞士,主人公弗兰肯斯坦是一位从事生命科学研究的青年学者,他希望用人工的方法创造生命。
经过无数次的实验,他终于利用人的骨骼和动物的器官造出了一个智慧生命——一个巨人。
除长相狰狞、体形巨大之外,巨人与普通人相差无几,他也有喜怒哀乐、七情六欲。
由于对巨人的丑陋有厌恶感,弗兰肯斯坦抛弃了巨人。
巨人到处流浪,起初他对人充满了善意和感恩之情。
但由于其无比丑陋的外貌,人们把他看成怪物,没人愿意与他交朋友。
盛怒之下,巨人决定报复弗兰肯斯坦,他认为弗兰肯斯坦既然给了他生命就不应该将他抛弃。
他先杀死了弗兰肯斯坦的弟弟,却嫁祸于他人。
作为不再报复的条件,他请求弗兰肯斯坦为他造出一个配偶。
在遭到拒绝后,他杀死了弗兰肯斯坦的朋友,然后又在弗兰肯斯坦的新婚之夜杀死了他的妻子伊丽莎白。
弗兰肯斯坦怀着满腔怒火追捕怪物巨人,最终心力交瘁死在复仇的路上,而怪物巨人也因悔恨自己的所作所为而自杀身亡。
对于这样一部悬念迭起、情节曲折的小说,教师要在有限的教学时间内引导学生进行深入阅读,需要确定明确、合理的教学任务,精心设计教学过程,实现教学目标。
我为此做了如下教学设计。
在新课导入环节,将整个故事总结成一段介绍,呈现给学生:“One stormy night, Frankenstein suddenly heard a loud and terrible scream, which came from the wedding room. He rushed immediately into the room, only to find that a monster was ready to hurt his newly-wedded wife. He fired at the monster but missed him. The monster killed his wife and ran away from the window,leaving his wife lying in blood...”然后,播放《弗兰肯斯坦》的电影片段。
弗兰肯斯坦
人物介绍
沃尔顿船长 沃尔顿船长不仅是读者了解弗兰肯斯坦及怪物故事的关键媒介,而且还是一位与弗兰肯斯坦性格 有着诸多相似之处的人物。沃尔顿在小说开篇给姐姐萨维尔夫人的信中,提到了从儿童时代起就 对航海探险事业产生的狂热追求:“那时我的学业荒废了,但我酷爱阅读这些(海上探险的)书 籍。我夜以继日地一卷卷地读着”。随后当有机会进行航海探险时,他更是日以继夜地学习海上 探险的相关知识。他说:“每到夜晚,我便学习数学、医学理论,以及自然科学中那些对海上探 险者最为实用的学科。”正是在这种对内心世界永不满足的追求精神驱使下,他踏上前往北极探 险的旅程。 怪物 无名无姓的怪物是弗兰肯斯坦从藏尸间盗来的人体的各个部分拼凑而成的。他的外表是它一切痛 苦的根源。世人见它无一不被吓跑或攻击它;而它只能隐藏行迹,终日游离于人类社会之外。
创作背景
时代背景
创作过程
时代背景
作家生活在整个西方社会经历深刻历史变化的时期,当时,英、法、美等国相继完成了工业革命, 科学技术文明空前发达,天文、地理、物理、生物等学科也有了很大的发现。经过科学理性洗礼 的广大民众普遍盲从科学并对科技改变世界抱有各种幻想,他们迷信科学知识是一件魔力无边的 法宝,它“永远能为你提供精神食粮,使你不断探索,发现奇迹”。 玛丽·雪莱的父亲威廉·葛德文是政治家哲学家,母亲玛丽·沃尔斯通克拉夫特则是女性主义运 动的先驱、《女权辩护》一书的作者,她的家里常有各领域的学术界人士出入,而其父葛德文的 崇拜者更是络绎不绝,雪莱就曾是这些年轻的崇拜者之一。他们谈古论今,话题多种多样,但谈 论更多的是对当时许多问题的思考,而其中一个突出的问题就是人类如何看待科学技术的迅猛发 展。科学技术的巨大进步与成功在令人欢欣鼓舞的同时,又让人陷入恐慌和沉思之中。
怪物开始叙述自己痛苦不堪的经历。
弗兰肯斯坦
演出信息
演出信息
2021年12月23日报道,《弗兰肯斯坦》预计2022年5月18至6月30日,在上海首演及开启全国巡演 。 2022年,在新一轮疫情肆虐之时,被迫取消上海首演的计划,在北京重新建组,以线上线下两线三地推进 排练 。 2022年5月报道,《弗兰肯斯坦》计划6月16日至6月18日参加2022阿那亚戏剧节,后因新冠疫情的影响, 原定于2022年6月30日-7月10日举办的阿那亚戏剧节宣布取消 。 2022年6月22日至7月3日,由袁弘、郑云龙、闫楠、王茂蕾领衔主演的舞台剧舞台剧《弗兰肯斯坦》中文 版在北京保利剧院进行首轮演出 。 2022年7月4日,上海站正式宣布定档:9月16日至25日《弗兰肯斯坦》登陆上海大剧院大剧场 。 2022年7月29日,宣布8月31日至9月4日受邀出演 “2022国家大剧院戏剧季” 。 2022年8月21日,宣布9月10日至9月11日在深圳滨海艺术中心演出 。因疫情延期,10月17日重新定档 2022年11月5日 。10月26日,宣布2022年11月4日在深圳滨海艺术中心演出加场 。
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中国2022年多米尼克·德罗姆古尔、李任执导舞台剧
01 剧情简介
03 演出信息 05 相关事件
目录
02 主创团队 04 数字藏品
基本信息
《弗兰肯斯坦》是北京奥哲维文化传播有限公司和大麦“当然有戏”联合制作的舞台剧。首次以中英主创班 底联合创作,中文演绎,由多米尼克·德罗姆执导,王亚彬编舞,青年作曲家魏濛、舞美设计沈力等组成中方主创 团队。
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数字藏品
数字藏品
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弗兰肯斯坦读后感
弗兰肯斯坦读后感《弗兰肯斯坦》讲述了一个科学家以及他的造物的故事。
虽然今天看来,书中关于解剖学的知识并不详尽,甚至有些内容是有错误的,拼凑尸体来组装成新的生命体的做法更是荒诞不经,但是书中的问题仍然值得我们思考。
巨人诞生之初没有任何思想,像原始人一样在森林中生活,后来他躲在人类的大棚中,观察他们的生活,学习他们的语言,接受到人类的教育,也企图用人类的道德体系来要求自己,但他并不可能融入人类的社会。
我们能否把这个造物看作人类呢?首先,我们需要思考人类的定义。
进化学教科书上说:“人具有生物学和社会学的双重性质。
”生物学上,人属于人科、人属、智人种,且智人种是目前人科和人属的现存的唯一种。
由此来看,进化过程中出现的其他分支以及时间种,目前都不能被称作真正的人。
而复杂的社会性也是人类的特点之一,但人类并不是唯一具有社会性的生物。
再来看弗兰肯斯坦的造物,从小说中的描述来看,我们姑且可以认为它具有人的生物学性质。
另外我们不得不惊叹于他超强的学习能力,在短短几个月之中掌握人类的语言,甚至还获得了许多其他知识,然而它并不能作为人类社会的一份子而被接纳,因而不能认为它完全具有人的社会学性质。
由此来看,这个造物,不能被看作一个真正的“人”。
那么,造物与人类之间无法调和的矛盾,又是如何造成的呢?首先,是因为造物的外貌丑陋,异于常人。
可是假想,若这个新生命体有着美丽的容貌,事情的发展就会因此而改变吗?答案是不确定的。
它的生理结构与人类相同,可以向人类一样进行复杂的思考,因而从它诞生的那一刻起,事态的发展就不再受人类控制。
况且,他的力量,敏捷性也都超出常人。
而且,最为关键的是,我们无法用自己的道德标准要求造物,也无法决定这些独立个体的命运。
对于人类社会的成员,我们可以用法律用道德约束他人的行为,但是造物并不属于人类社会,他的能力也不受常人控制,因而难以限制他们的行为。
不难想见为何弗兰肯斯坦在再造一个雌性巨人的过程中,有着重重疑虑并最终决定违背诺言了。
万圣节服饰潮流经典怪物与时尚造型
万圣节服饰潮流经典怪物与时尚造型万圣节,作为西方节日之一,是每年10月31日庆祝的一场狂欢盛会。
人们在这一天化身成各种各样的角色,尽情展现自己的创意和个性。
其中最受欢迎的服饰莫过于那些与经典怪物相关的造型。
本文将通过介绍几个经典怪物的潮流时尚造型,帮助大家了解万圣节服饰的流行趋势。
1.弗兰肯斯坦弗兰肯斯坦,这个来自于19世纪文学作品的经典怪物形象,在万圣节时成为了服饰潮流的源泉之一。
人们通过穿着黑色或灰色的西装,搭配破碎狰狞的面具和电线头发,再加上涂抹的绿色面部妆容,成功地模仿了弗兰肯斯坦这一怪物形象。
同时,配饰上的条纹袜子和黑色手套也是不可或缺的元素。
这种造型既经典又容易识别,成为了万圣节派对、游行等活动中的流行选择。
2.吸血鬼吸血鬼是另一个常见的万圣节服饰潮流。
通过选择一套黑色或红色的典雅长袍,搭配白色的衬衣和黑色裤子或长裙,再加上吸血鬼牙齿的假牙和浓郁的眼妆,你就可以化身成吸血鬼了。
在选择鞋子时,黑色长靴或者高跟鞋是不错的搭配。
这个造型可以通过各种饰品进行个性化的装饰,如镶嵌有红宝石的吸血鬼领结、十字架项链和黑色披风。
3.僵尸僵尸是另一个备受欢迎的怪物形象。
要打造一个真实而逼真的僵尸造型,你可以从衣物开始。
选择一件旧旧的衣服,将其撕成碎片,并用咖啡或茶水将其染成褐色。
然后,将这些碎片重新缝合起来,使之看起来破破烂烂的。
接下来,你可以使用一些特殊效果化妆品,使肌肤看起来苍白,眼圈深黑。
另外,用染成褐色的假血模仿流血的效果,再配上僵尸特有的蹒跚行走动作,你将逼真地变成一个活生生的僵尸。
4.女巫女巫是万圣节化妆与服饰的又一热门选择。
为了打造一个吸引眼球的女巫造型,你可以选择一件身形修身的黑色连衣裙,比如带有飘逸袖口和蕾丝饰边的款式。
搭配一顶尖尖的女巫帽,长长的黑发和浓密的眉毛,快速提升整体气质。
另外,不要忘记为自己添加一些神秘的饰品,如各种纹身贴纸、颈部的项链和黑羽毛,展现出女巫的魅力与独特的个性。
弗兰肯斯坦介绍课件
弗兰肯斯坦通过创造生物的技术,为后来的生物 科技和基因工程提供了启示。
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异形和怪物主题
弗兰肯斯坦中的异形和怪物主题对后来的科幻作 品产生了深远影响,成为许多电影、电视剧和文 学作品的灵感来源。
对现代科技的影响
生物工程和遗传学的启示
弗兰肯斯坦中的创造生命的思想对现代生物工程和遗传学 的发展产生了影响,推动了人类对生命科学的探索。
活。
对人类的看法
在经历了人类的追捕和仇恨后, 弗兰肯斯坦对人类产生了深深的
厌恶和绝望。
对创造的反思
弗兰肯斯坦开始反思自己的创造 ,意识到生命的复杂性和脆弱性
,以及科技发展的潜在风险。
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弗兰肯斯坦的角色分析
弗兰肯斯坦的角色特点
创造者与破坏者
弗兰肯斯坦是创造生命的人,但他的创造物却带 来了灾难。
孤独与内疚
人性的选择与决策
面对道德困境,人们往往会做出不同的选择。这些选择反映了人性 的多样性和复杂性。
人性的挑战与成长
通过面对和解决道德冲突,人们可以获得成长和进步,更加深入地 理解人性的本质。
孤独和疏离的主题
个体与社会的关系
弗兰肯斯坦的创造物被社会所排斥和孤立,反映了人与社会之间关 系的复杂性和矛盾性。
弗兰肯斯坦的创造过程
创造动机
创造工具
科学家维克多·弗兰肯斯坦出于对生命 的渴望和对死亡的恐惧,决定创造一 个生命。
维克多·弗兰肯斯坦使用了当时先进的 科学知识,如生物学和电学,来完成 他的创造。
实验过程
通过拼凑尸体碎片,维克多·弗兰肯斯 坦成功地创造了名为“弗兰肯斯坦” 的生物。
弗兰肯斯坦的冒险经历
弗兰肯斯坦介绍课件
目录
《弗兰肯斯坦介绍》课件
对科技发展的启示
科技伦理的重要性
弗兰肯斯坦的故事提醒我们,科 技的发展必须考虑到伦理和道德 的约束,不能盲目追求科技进步
。
科技对人类的影响
科技的发展应该服务于人类,而不 是控制或危害人类。弗兰肯斯坦的 故事警示我们关注科技对人类的影 响。
科技与人文的结合
弗兰肯斯坦的故事启示我们,科技 的发展需要与人文精神相结合,科 技的进步不能脱离人类的价值观和 伦理原则。
评价与争议
文学价值
许多人认为弗兰肯斯坦是科学怪 人的创造者,其作品具有很高的 文学价值,对后来的科幻文学产
生了深远影响。
社会影响
故事中的一些观点和描绘方式在 当时引发了争议,甚至被视为不
道德或反动。
道德困境
弗兰肯斯坦的故事提出了许多道 德困境,例如科学家是否有权创 造生命,以及由此产生的后果和
责任。
维多利亚时代
当时的社会观念强调秩序、权威 和传统,而科学探索则开始挑战 这些观念。
作者背景
玛丽·雪莱
英国浪漫主义时期的女作家,出生在知识分子家庭,其父威 廉·戈德温是哲学家。
早期作品
玛丽·雪莱的早期作品多为诗歌和小说,反映了她对社会的关 注和批判。
创作起源
灵感来源
玛丽·雪莱受到恐怖小说和哥特式小说的启发,以及当时流行的科学实验和电击实验的影 响。
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弗兰肯斯坦的影响与意义
对文学的影响
科幻文学的开端
叙事技巧的创新
弗兰肯斯坦的故事被视为科幻文学的 开端,为后来的科幻小说提供了灵感 和框架。
作者通过分段和倒叙的方式,使故事 更加引人入胜,这种叙事技巧在后来 的文学作品中得到了广泛应用。
文学中的道德与伦理
弗兰肯斯坦
简介或许以这个悲伤而恐怖的故事拍成的电影要比世界上由任何其他故事拍成的电影都要多。
为什么有这么多的人喜欢它?因为当我们第一次读到它时,它就好像是出自我们梦中的记忆一样。
这是一个古老的故事,也是一个新的故事。
说它“古老”是因为它创作于一百五十多年以前,那时的科学发展才刚刚起步;说它“新”是因为弗兰肯斯坦的问题也就是我们今天所面临的问题。
科学给予我们力量去改造世界,但这种力量也可能与我们作对并毁灭我们。
弗兰肯斯坦创造了一个新的人,他比任何其他人都要巨大和强壮——然而弗兰肯斯坦控制不了他,这个怪物毁灭了弗兰肯斯坦所爱的一切。
今天的科学家正在创造着巨大的机器、电脑和武器,他们声称这些东西对我们有益——但我们能够驾驭它们吗?玛丽·雪莱(1797—1851)是维多利亚时代的一位重要作家。
她的丈夫是英格兰最著名的诗人之一——珀西·比希·雪莱。
1…Captain!Something is moving on the ice.Look over there!‟The sailor stood at the top of the mast,high above the Captain.His hand pointed away from the ship,across the miles of ice that covered the sea.The Captain looked to the north,where the sailor was pointing.He saw something coming fast towards the ship across the ice.He put his telescope to his eye,and through it he could see the shapes of ten dogs pulling a sledge over the ice.He could also see the driver of the sledge—a huge figure,much bigger than a man.The sledge came nearer and nearer to the sea.Soon it was only a quarter of a mile from the ship.No one needed a telescope now to see the huge figure of the driver.Suddenly the sledge went behind a mountain of ice and disappeared.At that moment another sledge appeared.It,too,was moving fast,and was clearly chasing the first sledge.This driver was a smaller figure,more like an ordinary man.Faster and faster the dogs ran;then the second sledge also disappeared behind the mountain of ice.Two hours passed.The sledges did not appear again.Nothing moved on the ice.Soon night came,and in the night there was a storm.In the morning,the sailors saw that great pieces of ice were floating round the ship.Suddenly the sailor on the mast shouted again:…Captain,I can see a man on the ice.‟The sailor was pointing to a piece of ice that was floating near the ship.A man was sitting on the ice,and near him was a broken sledge.The man was nearly dead from cold and could not walk.The sailors carried him carefully onto the ship,and took him to the Captain,who said:…Welcome to my ship.I am the Captain and my name is Robert Walton.‟…Thank you,Captain Walton,‟ the man said.…My name is Frankenstein,Victor Frankenstein.‟Then he fainted and said no more.Two days passed before the man was strong enough to talk and then the Captain asked him to tell his story.…I am trying to catch someone,‟ said Frankenstein.…That is why I have come so far north on the ice.‟…We saw you following someone,‟ the Captain said.…He was huge,much bigger than a man.We saw his sledge just in front of you on the night before the storm.‟…I am pleased you all saw that huge figure,‟ Frankenstein said.…Perhaps that will help you to believe my story.‟During the days,while the Captain worked on the ship,Frankenstein wrote down his story,and each evening he read what hehad written to the Captain.Here is Victor Frankenstein's story.1“船长,有东西在冰面上移动!瞧那儿?”那个船员高高地站在船长头顶的桅杆顶上。
弗兰肯斯坦,科学怪人中自食恶果的人
弗兰肯斯坦,科学怪人中自食恶果的人最近乔布斯辞去苹果CEO一事,引起了苹果迷以及乔布斯迷的广泛关注。
而乔布斯的邻居里森(Lisen)8月29日在博客上发表文章,回忆了她眼里的邻居史蒂夫乔布斯(Steve Jobs)的普通一面。
在她看来,乔布斯在日常生活中非常平易近人,与邻居和睦相处,而且是一位好父亲。
蚯蚓在这里把原文贴出来,让大家看看"天才"的另一面。
原文如下:我的邻居史蒂夫乔布斯近来一直是媒体报道的焦点,所有人都谈论着他辞去苹果CEO职务、让位于接班人的消息。
无论是商业媒体、大众媒体、博客,还是普通大众,都在异口同声地赞誉这位"历史上最伟大的CEO",称这位"神童"用他的天赋改变了我们的生活。
所有这些赞誉并不言过其实。
但在加州帕洛阿尔托,乔布斯不只是一位偶像,还是我们毗邻而居的朋友。
我首次遇到史蒂夫,是在多年前在家庭游泳池旁举行的一个晚会上。
我当时毫无心理准备,在他面前显得有些手足无措,不知道说什么好。
我很肯定当时留下了很深的第一印象,因为在主人介绍我们时,我居然是磕磕巴巴地报出了自己的姓名。
随后,我看到他与儿子一起游泳,就如同普通人一样,是一位正陪孩子玩耍的好父亲。
我第二次遇到他,是在孩子返校之际。
他坐在那里,静静地听着老师大谈特谈教育的价值(等等,乔布斯不是选择在大学时退学了吗?)。
我们当时也坐在同一个教室,假装表现出乔布斯的出现并未干扰我们。
不久之后,我在跑步锻炼时再次碰到了史蒂夫,他当时正与另外一个人在长谈。
与他交谈的人活脱脱就是一个年轻时史蒂夫的翻版,这个人同样身着牛仔裤、黑T恤,戴着金属丝镜架的的眼睛。
我当时希望给他们让路,结果不小心脚底下绊了一下,看起来肯定显得很傻气。
随后不久我们又在万圣节见面了,史蒂夫居然还记得我的名字。
他们夫妇将房子装饰得阴森鬼怪,确切地说是花园很是瘆人。
他当时坐在路边,打扮得就像怪物弗兰肯斯坦(Frankenstein)。
弗兰肯斯坦
《弗兰肯斯坦》引是英国诗人雪莱的妻子玛丽·雪莱在1818年创作的小说,被认为是世界第一部真正意义上的科幻小说。
《弗兰肯斯坦》的全名是《弗兰肯斯坦——现代普罗米修斯的故事》(中译本有《弗兰肯斯坦》《人造人的故事》等)。
弗兰肯斯坦作者简介编辑本段玛丽·雪莱(MaryShelley)英国著名小说家,因其创作的文学史上第一部科幻小说《弗兰肯斯坦》(或译《科学怪人》),而被誉为科幻小说之母。
她是英国著名浪漫主义诗人雪莱的妻子。
创作经历编辑本段因气候反常,阴雨不断,雪莱、拜伦、玛丽和拜伦的私人医生波里多利经常被迫留在屋里。
他们四人在闲谈时,决定展开比赛,每人创作一个恐怖故事,但最后交卷的惟有玛1丽。
在雪莱的鼓励下,玛丽创作出《弗兰肯斯坦》。
这部作品既受到《暴风雨》《失乐园》《老水手之歌》等名著的影响,也含有玛丽的自身经历。
比如,书中的克勒伐尔仿佛雪莱化身,弗兰肯斯坦创造的怪物也是素食者,正如玛丽和雪莱。
当时,波里多利医生的故事只写出开头,几年后创作完成,名为《吸血鬼》。
爱尔兰恐怖小说家斯托克(1847~1912)的作品《德雷库拉》(1897)曾深受其影响。
但《弗兰肯斯坦》才是不朽杰作,它让玛丽名声大震,一度曾超过雪莱。
1816年9月,玛丽和雪莱回到伦敦。
不久,悲剧再次来访。
10月9日,玛丽的同父异母姐姐芬妮·依姆莱悄然出走,在一家小旅馆里自杀。
12月10日,雪莱的妻子哈里特在伦敦海德公园投水自尽,因为她不愿意接受雪莱建议,与玛丽一起组成时髦的“三口之家”。
当时,哈里特已怀有身孕。
哈里特自杀20天后,雪莱和玛丽正式喜结连理,这次婚姻得到了戈德温的批准。
婚后,玛丽虽然需要照顾哈里特留给雪莱的两个儿子,还能抽出时间写作。
1817年春天,玛丽写完《弗兰肯斯坦》,次年出版。
故事内容编辑本段主人公弗兰肯斯坦是一位从事人的生命科学研究的学者,他力图用人工创造出生命。
在他的实验室里,通过无数次的探索,他创造了一个面目可憎,奇丑无比的怪物。
《弗兰肯斯坦》叙事人称特点探究
《弗兰肯斯坦》叙事人称特点探究作者:张陆来源:《文学教育》2009年第11期18世纪西方文坛上流行的文学样式是哥特式小说,它开始于1765年贺拉斯·沃尔波尔(Horace Walpole)创作的《奥特朗托城堡》,结束于1824年詹姆斯·霍格(James Hogg)的《一个获释罪者的秘密回忆和自由》。
18世纪90年代,这种文学样式一度占据了主导地位。
哥特式小说有着其共同的哥特因素,这些小说通常发生在中世纪古老的城堡或老宅里,其内容经常是隐秘悬疑和捉摸不定的故事,这些故事传递给读者的都是神秘和恐怖。
哥特式小说除了这些共有的因素外,每一部优秀作品还有着独特的文学特点。
《弗兰肯斯坦》可以说是英国哥特式小说中一部里程碑似的作品,它的作者是女作家玛丽·雪莱(Mary Shelly),这部作品不仅是哥特小说中的力作,同时后人也认为它开创了科幻小说的先河。
而“弗兰肯斯坦”(Frankenstein)一词更成为英语中的一个新词汇,可见这部作品的影响力之大之深。
这部作品讲述的是科学家弗兰肯斯坦科学欲望极强,用尸体以电击的方法制造出一个生物,生物并没有自己的名字,仅仅被叫做monster。
怪物生来丑陋,遭到身边人类的反感和排斥,孤独、苦恼、怨恨,一系列悲剧就此产生,最终以科学家弗兰肯斯坦的死去和怪物的自杀结束。
故事蕴含了浓厚的哥特式因素和恐怖气息,而作者以其特有的视角和笔触赋予了作品深厚的内涵。
小说不仅在内容和寓意上吸引读者,它独特的叙事方法也是作品的一大特点,这主要表现在叙事人称上。
这部作品以三个不同的第一人称来叙述,形成了一个三重的立体结构:最外层是船长沃尔顿写给姐姐的书信,里面记录了整个故事的始末,这一部分以沃尔顿为第一人称来叙述;中间一层是弗兰肯斯坦对船长诉说自己的经历,弗兰肯斯坦是这部分的第一人称叙述者;最内一层是怪物对沃尔顿船长的叙述,这也是在弗兰肯斯坦死后,怪物获得了话语权,进而讲述自己的经历,怪物是这部分的叙述人。
《弗兰肯斯坦》的人物形象塑造论析
《弗兰肯斯坦》的人物形象塑造论析
《弗兰肯斯坦》是玛丽·雪莱的经典恐怖小说,讲述了一个年轻科学家弗兰肯斯坦创造出一个可怕的怪物,最终导致了悲剧的结局。
小说中的人物形象塑造非常出色,下面从三个主要角色入手进行论析。
1. 弗兰肯斯坦
弗兰肯斯坦是小说的主角,一个充满好奇心的年轻科学家。
他追求知识,渴望创造出一种全新的生命形式,但却忽略了创造出来的怪物可能会带来的后果。
弗兰肯斯坦的形象塑造非常成功,他的个性特点和行为举止都非常符合他的角色设定。
他的形象展现了科学家的狂热和追求,同时也揭示了科学家的自私和不负责任的一面。
2. 怪物
小说中的怪物是弗兰肯斯坦创造出来的,它是一个丑陋、强壮、聪明的生命体。
怪物的形象塑造也非常成功,它不仅仅是一个普通的怪物,更是一个有思想、有情感的生命体。
怪物的形象展现了弗兰肯斯坦创造出来的生命体所面临的种种困境和挑战,同时也揭示了人类对于生命的态度和对待方式。
3. 伊丽莎白
伊丽莎白是弗兰肯斯坦的女友,她的形象塑造也非常成
功。
她代表了人性中的善良和同情心,她的出现使得读者更能够理解弗兰肯斯坦的内心世界,同时也为小说增加了更多的情感因素。
《弗兰肯斯坦》的人物形象塑造非常成功,每个角色都有自己独特的性格和特点,他们的形象塑造也非常符合小说的主题和情节发展。
这些形象塑造为小说的成功打下了坚实的基础。
万圣节的文学与诗歌创作
万圣节的文学与诗歌创作万圣节是西方世界一个庆祝活动,在每年的10月31日举行。
这一节日一直以来都吸引着人们的注意。
除了传统的装扮和舞会之外,万圣节也激发了文学和诗歌创作的灵感。
本文将探讨万圣节对文学和诗歌创作的影响,并且介绍一些相关作品。
一、万圣节的文学作品1.1 弗兰肯斯坦《弗兰肯斯坦》是英国作家玛丽·雪莱创作的一部经典小说。
小说的故事背景发生在万圣节的夜晚,描绘了一个疯狂的科学家利用死尸创造生命的故事。
尽管这不是一个与万圣节直接相关的作品,但其中的恐怖和神秘氛围与这个节日的主题相呼应。
1.2 睡美人《睡美人》是出自格林童话故事集的一篇故事,也许你会怀疑它与万圣节有什么关联。
然而,这个故事中的女主角在睡醒之后会有龙、巫婆和其它邪恶生物的威胁。
这种神秘的氛围,与万圣节的狂欢和惊悚氛围不谋而合。
1.3 卡尔加里队长和奥德拉·沃鲁克美国作家华盛顿·欧文的小说《卡尔加里队长和奥德拉·沃鲁克》讲述了万圣节之夜两个人之间的恋情。
故事中,两个人穿着万圣节的装束并在深夜相遇。
这个小说表达了万圣节的浪漫和神秘的一面,具有很高的文学价值。
二、万圣节的诗歌创作2.1 《万圣节夜》19世纪的英国诗人约翰·济慈创作了一首名为《万圣节夜》的诗歌。
这首诗以他的独特方式描绘了万圣节的氛围。
诗中所描述的万圣节之夜,有着浓厚的神秘和惊悚感,恰如其分地与这个节日的主题相契合。
2.2 《呻吟的村落》英国诗人艾伦·波伊创作的诗歌《呻吟的村落》是一首充满了想象力和恐怖感的作品。
诗中描绘了一个被封闭在乡村中的恶魔和幽灵的世界。
尽管没有直接提到万圣节,但这首诗所传达的可怕氛围与万圣节的主题完美契合。
2.3 《万圣节》美国诗人罗伯特·佩斯利创作的《万圣节》通过形象的描绘和诗歌的语言表达了该节日的浪漫和神秘感。
诗中所展示的各种形象和意象丰富,使读者可以感受到万圣节的狂欢和恐怖。
科幻小说《弗兰肯斯坦》的主题解读
科幻小说《弗兰肯斯坦》的主题解读龙源期刊网 /doc/893383725.html,科幻小说《弗兰肯斯坦》的主题解读作者:陈欣来源:《世纪之星·交流版》2016年第11期[摘要]玛丽·雪莱的第一部反乌托邦生态小说《弗兰肯斯坦》开创了科幻小说新的文学样式。
本文试图从作者创作的时代背景及社会背景出发解读该小说的主题思想。
[关键词]《弗兰肯斯坦》;科技;自然;和谐统一玛丽·雪莱(Mary Shelley)的第一部反乌托邦生态小说《弗兰肯斯坦》(Frankenstein)在英国文学史上有其特殊的地位和价值,它开创了科幻小说这一新的文学样式,年轻的作者也因为这部作品而为世人耳熟能详,被称之为科幻小说之母。
1818年出版的《弗兰肯斯坦》在接下来的近200年时间里屡次被改编为电影,并且对这部作品的研究至今仍方兴未艾,研究者们从不同的角度对该作品进行解读。
本文试图从作者创作的时代背景及社会背景出发解读该小说的主题思想。
一、作品的时代背景作家玛丽·雪莱生活的时代是整个西方社会经历深刻历史变化的时期。
当时科学技术文明空前发达,在众多科学领域都实现了很大的突破,比如:天文、地理、物理等等。
广大民众对科技理性盲目崇拜,对科技能够改变世界抱有各种幻想。
他们相信科学知识法力无边,能为人类提供源源不断的精神食粮,能够不断地创造各种奇迹。
玛丽·雪莱的父亲是著名的政治家和哲学家,当时家里常有各种学术领域的人士出入,他们谈古论今,对当时社会存在的诸多社会问题谈论得也更深入,其中探讨最多的问题就是人类如何看待科学技术的迅猛发展。
科学技术的巨大成就在令世人欢欣鼓舞的同时,又不得不让人陷入内心的恐慌与极度不安之中。
从小深受父亲影响的雪莱,在年轻时就出版了不朽名作《弗兰肯斯坦》,它让玛丽名声大震,一度曾超过其丈夫英国诗人雪莱。
二、作品的主要内容《弗兰肯斯坦》讲述了这样一个故事:年轻的科学家弗兰肯斯坦酷爱科学,研究电化学和生命,他发现了死亡的秘密,于是决定着手制造生命。
弗兰肯斯坦英文版
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为什么有这么多的人喜欢它?因为当我们第一次读到它时,它就好像是出自我们梦中的记忆一样。
这是一个古老的故事,也是一个新的故事。
说它“古老”是因为它创作于一百五十多年以前,那时的科学发展才刚刚起步;说它“新”是因为弗兰肯斯坦的问题也就是我们今天所面临的问题。
科学给予我们力量去改造世界,但这种力量也可能与我们作对并毁灭我们。
弗兰肯斯坦创造了一个新的人,他比任何其他人都要巨大和强壮——然而弗兰肯斯坦控制不了他,这个怪物毁灭了弗兰肯斯坦所爱的一切。
今天的科学家正在创造着巨大的机器、电脑和武器,他们声称这些东西对我们有益——但我们能够驾驭它们吗?玛丽·雪莱(1797—1851)是维多利亚时代的一位重要作家。
她的丈夫是英格兰最著名的诗人之一——珀西·比希·雪莱。
1‘Captain! Something is moving on the ice.Look over there!’The sailor stood at the top of the mast, high above the Captain. His hand pointed away from the ship, across the miles of ice that covered the sea.The Captain looked to the north, where the sailor was pointing. He saw something coming fast towards the ship across the ice. He put his telescope to his eye, and through it he could see the shapes of ten dogs pulling a sledge over the ice. He could also see the driver of the sledge—a huge figure,much bigger than a man.The sledge came nearer and nearer to the sea. Soon it was only a quarter of a mile from the ship.No one needed a telescope now to see the huge figure of the driver.Suddenly the sledge went behind a mountain of ice and disappeared. At that moment another sledge appeared. It, too,was moving fast, and was clearly chasing the first sledge. This driver was a smaller figure, more like an ordinary man.Faster and faster the dogs ran;then the second sledge also disappeared behind the mountain of ice.Two hours passed. The sledges did not appear again. Nothing moved on the ice. Soon night came, and in the night there was a storm. In the morning,the sailors saw that great pieces of ice were floating round the ship.Suddenly the sailor on the mast shouted again:‘Captain, I can see a man on the ice.’The sailor was pointing to a piece of ice that was floating near the ship. A man was sitting on the ice, and near him was a broken sledge. The man was nearly dead from cold and could not walk. The sailors carried him carefully onto the ship, and took him to the Captain, who said:‘Welcome to my ship.I am the Captain and my name is Robert Walton.’‘Thank you, Captain Walton,’ the man said.‘My name is Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein.’Then he fainted and said no more.Two days passed before the man was strong enough to talk and then the Captain asked him to tell his story.‘I am trying to catch someone,’ said Frankenstein.‘That is why I have come so far north on the ice.’‘We saw you following someone,’ the Captain said.‘He was huge, much bigger than a man. We saw his sledge just in front of you on the night before the storm.’‘I am pleased you all saw that huge figure,’ Frankenstein said.‘Perhaps that will help you to believe my story.’During the days, while the Captain worked on the ship,Frankenstein wrote down his story, and each evening he read what he had written to the Captain.Here is Victor Frankenstein's story.2I was born in Switzerland, in the town of Geneva. My parents loved each other very much, and I learnt from the example of their love.I learnt that to love and to be patient are the most important things in the world.My mother hoped to have a daughter after I was born, but forfive years I was the only child. And then my mother found a sister for me.She was helping a family in which there were fivechildren. They were very poor,and the children were thin and hungry. One of the children was a little girl, with golden hair and blue eyes Her name was Elizabeth. My mother took the little girlinto our family,and Elizabeth became the daughter that my mother had always wanted. As I grew older, my love for Elizabeth became stronger all the time.Later my mother had two other sons, Ernest and William.A young woman called Justine came to live in the house to help my mother with the children. We loved her as much as she loved us.The years passed happily, and we had everything that we needed. At school I met another very fine person. His name wasHenry Clerval, and he was very clever. My family also liked him very much, so he was a welcome visitor to our house.I studied very hard at school.I wanted to know the secrets of life, and, most of all, I wanted to know how to make living things.I read all the books that I could find.One day,some-thing happened that added a new idea to the ideas that I al-ready had.I was fifteen at the time, and we were on holiday in the mountains. There was a wild storm, and with it came the most frightening thunder and lightning that I had ever seen in mylife. About twenty metres in front of our house was a great tree.Suddenly a huge fork of lightning hit the tree.After a few seconds, there was nothing left of it except a black piece of wood two metres high. The lightning had destroyed it.I saw how strong electricity was. I began to read all the books that I could find about electricity and its terrible power.维克多的故事开始了3For seventeen years my life was very happy. Then the first sad thing happened. My mother became very ill,and soon she knew that she was dying. Just before she died,she asked Elizabeth and me to go to her room. She held our hands and said:‘My children, I am very happy because you love each other,and because one day you will get married. Everyone in the family loves you, Elizabeth. Will you take my place in the family, my dear? I can die happy if you will look after them when I have gone.’My mother died, and we were very sad, because we loved her dearly Elizabeth was brave and helped us; her sweet smile gave us some happiness in the unhappy days after my mother's death.The time came for me to go to university.I did not want to leave my sad family, but we all knew that I should go. It was hard to leave, too, because the parents of my good friend Henry Clerval would not let him go to university with me. And so I had to go alone.On my first day at the university I met my teacher, Professor Waldman, who was one of the greatest scientists in the world. He gave a wonderful talk to all the students who were starting at the university. He ended his talk by saying:‘Some of you will become the great scientists of tomorrow. You must study hard and discover everything that you can. That is why God made you intelligent—to help other people.’After the professor's talk,I thought very carefully.I remembered the storm when I was fifteen. I remembered how the lightning had destroyed the tree.I wanted to use electricity to help people, and I wanted to discover the secrets of life.I decided to work on these two things. I did not know then that my work would destroy me and the people that I loved.I started work the next day. I worked very hard and soon Professor Waldman and I realized that I could learn to be a very good scientist.The professor helped me very much, and other importantscientists who were his friends helped me,too. I was interested in my work and I did not take one day's holiday during the next two years. I did not go home, and my letters to my family were very short.After two years I had discovered many things and I built a scientific machine that was better than anything in theuniversity. My machine would help me answer the most importantquestion of all. How does life begin? Is it possible to put life into dead things? To answer these questions about life I had to learn first about death.I had to watch bodies from the moment when they died and the warm life left them. In the hospital and in the university, I watched the dying and the dead.Day after day, month after month, I followed death.It was a dark and terrible time.Then one day, the answer came to me. Suddenly I was sure that I knew the secret of life. I knew that I could put life into a body that was not alive.I worked harder and harder now. I slept for only a short time each night, and I did not eat much food.I wrote to my family less often. But they loved me and did not stop writing to me.They said they understood how busy I was. They did not want me to stop work to write or to see them. They would wait until I had more time. They hoped to see me very soon.The professors realized that I was doing very important work,and so they gave me my own laboratory. There was a small flat above the laboratory, where I lived, and sometimes I stayed inside the building for a week and did not go out.Above the laboratory I built a very tall mast. It was 150metres high, and higher than the tallest building in the city.The mast could catch lightning and could send the electricity down to my machine in the laboratory. I had never forgotten the lightning that had destroyed the tree. There had been so much power in the electricity of that lightning. I believed I could use thatelectricity to give life to things that were dead.I will say no more than that. The secret of my machine must die with me. I was a very clever scientist, but I did not realize then what a terrible mistake I was making.4In my laboratory I made a body. I bought or stole all the pieces of human body that I needed, and slowly and carefully, I put them all together.I did not let anybody enter my laboratory or my flat while I was doing this awful work. I was afraid to tell anybody my terrible secret.I had wanted to make a beautiful man, but the face of the creature was horrible. Its skin was thin and yellow, and its eyes were as yellow as its skin. Its long black hair and white teeth were almost beautiful, but the rest of the face was very ugly.Its legs and arms were the right shape, but they were huge.I had to use big pieces because it was too difficult to join small pieces together. My creature was two and a half metres tall.For a year I had worked to make this creature, but now it looked terrible and frightening. I almost decided to destroy it.But I could not. I had to know if I could put life into it.I joined the body to the wires from my machine. More wires joined the machine to the mast. I was sure that my machine could use electricity from lightning to give life to the body. I watched and waited.Two days later I saw dark clouds in the sky, and I knew that a storm was coming. At about one o'clock in the morning thelightning came.My mast began to do its work immediately, and the electricity from the lightning travelled down the mast to my machine. Would the machine work?At first nothing happened. But after a few minutes I saw the creature's body begin to move.Slowly, terribly, the body came alive. His arms and legs began to move, and slowly he sat up.The dead body had been an ugly thing, but alive, he was much more horrible. Suddenly I wanted to escape from him. I ran out of the laboratory, and locked the door. I was filled with fear at what I had done.For hours I walked up and down in my flat. At last I lay down on my bed, and fell asleep. But my sleep was full of terrible dreams,and I woke up suddenly. The horrible thing that I had created was standing by my bed. His yellow eyes were looking at me; his mouth opened and he made strange sounds at me. On his yellow face there was an awful smile.One of his huge hands reached towards me…Before he could touch me, I jumped off the bed and ran downstairs into the garden. I stayed there all night, but I could not think clearly.I was afraid. And when morning came, I went out into the town and began to walk about.I did not notice where I was walking, but soon I came to the station. A train from Geneva had just arrived, and the passengers were leaving the station. One of them ran towards me when he saw me. It was my dear friend Henry Clerval.He was very pleased to see me. He took my hand and shook it warmly.‘My dear Victor!’ he said.‘What a lucky chance that you are here at the station. Your father, and Elizabeth and the others,are very worried about you, because you have not visited them for a long time. They ask me to make sure that you are well. And I have very good news. My father has agreed to let me study at the university, so we shall be able to spend a lot of time together.’I was very happy to hear this news, and for a moment I for-got my fears.I took Henry back to my flat and asked him to wait outsidewhile I went in to look. I was afraid that the creature was still there. But he had disappeared.At that time I did not think of other people, and what the creature could do to them.I took Henry into the flat and cooked a meal for us.But Henry noticed how thin I was,and that I was laughing too much and could not sit still.Suddenly he said:‘My dear Victor, what is the matter with you?Are you ill? Has something awful happened?’‘Don't ask me that,’ I cried. I put my hands over my eyes.I thought I could see the horrible creature there in front of me. I pointed wildly across the room, and shouted:‘He can tellyou. Save me! Save me!’ I tried to fight the creature,but there was nothing there. Then I fainted and fell to the floor.Poor Henry! I do not know what he thought. He called a doctor and they put me to bed. I was very ill for two months,and Henry stayed and looked after me. His loving care saved me from death.I wanted to go home and see my family as soon as possible.When I was well enough,I packed my clothes and books.All my luggage was ready, and I was feeling very happy when the postman arrived with some letters.One of the letters ended my short time of happiness.5The letter was from my father in Geneva, and this is what he wrote:My dear Victor,I want you to know before you arrive home that an awful thing has happened.Your dear youngest brother,William,is dead. He was murdered. It happened last Thursday evening when Elizabeth and I and your two brothers, Ernest and William, went for a walk outside the city. William and Ernest were playing. William had hidden fromErnest, and Ernest asked Elizabeth and me to help find William. We all began to search for him, but we couldn't find him. We searched all night. At five in the morning I found him. He was lying on the grass, white and still. I could see the marks of fingers on his neck—the murderer had strangled him.Elizabeth had let him wear a gold chain of hers round his neck.On the chain was a very small picture of your mother.We all think that someone murdered William to steal the gold chain.Poor Elizabeth is terribly unhappy at William's death. She thinks he died because she let him wear the chain. Hurry home, my dearVictor. You are the only one who can help Elizabeth, and we all need you.With all our love,Your FatherHenry helped me to catch the train. The journey seemed very long, and it was late at night before the train reached Geneva. I decided to spend the night in a village outside the town and go home early in the morning. I wanted to see the place where William had died.As I started my walk, a storm broke and lightning lit the sky. The police had put posts round the place where the murderer had strangled William,so I found it easily.I cried sadly as I stood there. My poor brother had been a kind and happy boy, and we hadall loved him.Again the lightning lit the sky, and I saw a huge figure standing in the rain. When I saw it, I knew at once what it was.It was the creature that I had made.What was he doing there?But although I asked myself the question, I knew the answer. He had murdered my brother. I was sure that I was right.I decided to try and catch him.But as I moved, he ran to-wards the mountains. He ran much faster than any man. He climbed the mountain easily, reached the top, and disappeared.I stood there in the dark and the rain, and knew that I had created a monster. And he had murdered my brother.6At first I decided to tell the police my story. But would they believe me? I had been very ill. When the police learnt about my illness, they would think the monster was just one of my bad dreams. I decided that I could not tell anybody.I went home to my family and they were very pleased to see me. Then they told me that the police had found themurderer. Perhaps you will think that this was good news,but I have not told you who the police had arrested.As I went into the house,I noticed that one person did not come to meet me. It was Justine,the young woman who looked after the children and who was like a sister to us. And it was Justine that the police had arrested.A few days after the murder, the police had searched the house and had found the gold chain in Justine's coat pocket.Everyone in the family knew that Justine had not murdered William. I knew who the murderer was, but I could not tell anyone. We were sure that Justine would be free after the trial, because nobody could believe that she was a murderer.But we were wrong.The trial did not go well for Justine. There were a number of strange facts that were difficult to explain, and the judge decided that she was the murderer. The punishment for murder was death. We argued and cried. We said she could not murder anyone. But nothing could change the judge's order.So I got up early and went to the judge's house and told him about the monster. He did not believe me. He thought I was lying in order to save Justine's life.In the prison Justine waited quietly for death. We spent many hours with her, and she spoke calmly and kindly to us.She was happy because we believed that she had not killed William. And she was almost looking forward to death, be-cause then she would be with William and our dear mother in a place of peace.Her love and gentleness added to my great unhappiness. I knew she was going to die because of me. I knew my brother had died because of me. I had brought nothing but sadness and misery to my family.I took a boat and went out on Lake Geneva. Why didn't I end my life then? Two things stopped me. My father was old and another death would probably kill him. And I had to stay alive—to keep my family safe from the monster.Fear for my family and hate for my monster were with me day and night. I became ill again, and Elizabeth's love could not help me. I needed o escape for a while—to leave my unhappiness behind me.So I went to walk alone in the Alps. I hoped the wild beauty of the mountains would help me.Slowly I became calmer among the beautiful mountains. I learnt to sleep again, and for days I did not see anybody. Then onemorning I saw a figure coming towards me faster than any man could go. It jumped easily over the rocks and I saw with horror the monster that I had created. On his face was a look of deep sadness,but also of evil. At first I could not speak be-cause I hated him so much. But at last I said:‘You are an evil creature. I shall kill you if I can, because you have killed two people that I love.’The monster's yellow eyes looked at me.‘I am the unhappiest creature in the world, but I shall fight for my life,’ hesaid.‘I am bigger and stronger than you, but I will not start the fight. I shall always be gentle to you because you are my king and creator. You made me, and you should love me and be kind to me,like a father. William and Justine died because you did not love me. Why did you create me if you were not ready to love me?’‘We are enemies,’ I said.‘Leave me now,or let us fightuntil one of us is dead.You are a murderer. How can I be kind to you?’‘You say I am a murderer,’ the monster said,‘but you want to kill your own creature. Isn't that wrong,too? I ask you to do one thing for me—listen.Come with me to a warmer place, and listen to my story.Then you can decide.’I thought carefully about what he had said.It was true that I had given him life but I had not given him love.I decided to go with him and listen to his story.He took me to a mountain hut where he lit a fire. We sat down by the fire and he began to tell me his story.7After I had left the laboratory, I escaped into the country outside the town. I soon felt hungry and thirsty,and my first food was fruit which I found on some trees near a river. I drank from the river and then lay down and went to sleep.At first my eyes and ears did not work very well,but after a while I began to see and hear clearly.One day, snow began to fall. Of course, I had never walked in snow before, and I found that it made my feet very cold. I realized that I needed food and a place to get warm.Soon I saw a small hut where an old man was cooking his breakfast over a fire. When the old man saw me, he shouted loudly and ran away as fast as he could. I did not understand what the man was doing, but I wanted to be near the fire. So I sat down in the warm, and ate the man's breakfast. Then I walked across empty fields for some hours until I reached a village. I went into one of the houses, but there were children inside. They began to scream when they saw me, and their mother fainted. The whole village came to see what was the trouble. Some of the people ran away when they saw me, but the others shouted and threw stones at me.They wanted to kill me. I was badly hurt, but I escaped and ran into the open country.Later, I found an empty hut, which was built against the wall of a small house. I was afraid to go into the house after what had happened in the village, so I hid in the hut. There I was safe,and could escape from the cold, and hide from people who wished to hurt me.And then I found that there was a small hole in the wall between the hut and the house.Through this hole I could see in-to the room next to the hut. Three people lived in the house—a beautiful girl,an old man, and a young man.Day after day I watched the three people.I saw how kind they were to each other. I wanted so much to go into the house and be with them, but I knew I must stay in the hut. I could not forget how the village people had hurt me when I tried to go into the house there.Each night, after the people in the house had gone to bed,I stole some of their food for myself. But soon I realized that the old man was blind. And I realized too that often the three of them did not have enough to eat.I saw the two young people put extra food on the blind man's plate, although they were hungry themselves.When I saw that,I stopped stealing their food.Their life was already hard enough, so I went back to the wild fruit in the woods. I tried to help them in other ways, too.During the night I cut firewood for them, and added it secretly to the wood which the young man had cut during the day. I was very happy to see how much this pleased the young man.After a while I began to understand some of the noises that the people made to each other. The first words that I under-stood were words li ke ‘fire’,and‘bread’. I also learnt that the three people called each other by names. The girl was Agatha, the young man was Felix, and the old man was called Father. I tried to make the noises that they made, and slowly I began to speak.The two young people were very beautiful. One day I saw my own face in the water of the river. It was a terrible face.I understood why people were frightened, why they shouted and threw stones. I knew then that I could not let these beautiful people see me. They would be frightened by my horrible face and body.Summer was coming, and I continued to watch and learn. I also continued to help the two people and their father, and did many jobsfor them in the night. They were always surprised in the morning when they saw what I had done.I heard them talk about the ‘good creature’ who did these‘wonderful’things.But the family were often sad, and I wished I could make them happy.I looked forward to the time when I could speak well enough to talk to them. And I was happy because I was sure I would soon have three good friends.8One day in summer a lady on horseback rode up to the house and knocked on the door. She had dark hair,and was very beautiful. The family were all very pleased to see her. I soon learnt that her name was Sophie.She could not speak the family's language, and each eveningFelix taught her some words. This was a very great help to me,because I was able to learn the meaning of many words that I had not been able to understand before. Felix taught Sophie from books about what had happened in the world in the past.So I learnt about the Greeks and Romans,and about Christ, and about the first white menin America and the sad story of the Indians. I could not understand why men who knew all about good and evil could hate and kill each other.I learnt other things too. I learnt that people think it is very important to have money and to come from a good family.I learnt of the love between mother and father and child. And I realized that I had no family. The more I learnt, the more I thought,and the more unhappy I became.Soon I discovered who Sophie was. The two families had met in France after Sophie and her father arrived there from Turkey, theirown country. Sophie's father was put in prison by the French, but Felix and his father helped him to escape and leave France. When the French discovered this,Felix and his family lost all their lands and money, and had to leave France for ever. Now I knew why they were so sad, and why they were poor.But that was not all. Sophie and Felix loved each other, and Sophie's father had promised that they could marry.Then,when he learnt that Felix had lost all his money, he broke his promise. But Sophie loved Felix very much,so she took some money and escaped from her father to search for Felix.I had learnt to love these good people and I could not wait another day to introduce myself. I decided to speak first to the father, because he was blind, and would not be frightened by my terrible face and body.One day the three young people went for a walk while the old man rested. When they had gone, I went to the door of the house and knocked on it.The old man told me to enter, and to sit down.‘Thank you,’ I said.‘I am a traveller, and I'm tired and sad. I have no family or friends. The people that I want to have as my friends have never seen me.If they don't take me into their home, I shall be alone in the world.’‘Don't be so sad,’ the old man said.‘You will find that the hearts of men are full of love. If these friends are good people,they will welcome you.’‘They are kind, and the best people in the world,’ Isaid.‘But when they meet me, they may not see a kind creature whohas helped them. Instead they may see a monster, and they will hate me.’‘That mustn't happen,’the old man said.‘My family and I have had our difficult times, and we'll help you.’‘You are a very good man,’ I said,‘and if you help me, I shall be able to live with my friends and enjoy their love.’At that moment I heard the young people returning from their walk.I caught the old man's hand, and cried,‘Now is the time!Save me and help me! You and your family are the friends that I am talking about.’Then the door opened, and in came Felix, Sophie, and Agatha.Their faces were filled with horror and fear when they saw me.Agatha fainted, and Sophie ran out of the house.Felix ran forward and pulled me away from his father.He threw me to the ground and hit me again and again with his heavy stick.I did not lift a hand against him.I did not want to hurt him—or any of them. My heart was heavy, and all hope left me. I ran out of the house and later returned silently to my hut. Nobody saw me.9Isat in my dark hut, and felt both angry and sad. One half of me wanted to hurt the people who had hurt me.The other half of me still loved them. In the end I decided to try to speak to the old man again. I fell into an unhappy sleep,but when I woke in the morning, the family had gone. They had left the house during the night.I knew the name of only one other person. Although I had seen you, Frankenstein, for only a few moments, I knew that I belonged to you.When I had left your house,I had picked up a small。
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