What Monster?

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley has an element of irony compared to today. The discrepancies between today's version of Frankenstein and Mary Shelley's version are many. In today's version, the scientist was evil. He preformed this experiment in a secret laboratory on the outskirts of town. A lightning bolt and several large machines were used to give the monster life. The scientist was also madly happy that the monster was alive. In Mary Shelley's version, the creation process and the giving of life process is brief and somewhat plain: "With an anxiety that almost amounted to agony, I collected the instruments of life around me, that I might infuse a spark of being into the lifeless thing that lay at my feet." (Shelley, 34-35). When I read this part of the book, I didn't realize the creature was alive until Victor returned to his apartment with Clerval and the monster was gone. Victor wasn't evil. He preformed the experiment in his dorm room with a few machines and a spark. Victor happened to be afraid of the monster and ran out of his dorm room. It is very ironic how the scene from Mary Shelley is so different from today's version.