I
think that the homogeneous image of Frankenstein is just for marketing
purpose. This is to promote the product
based on the consumers’ preferences. Society
changed over time, the contemporary ideal of what society means at a specific
dictates the image of Frankenstein’s monster.
Whether or not the monster that depicted in Shelley’s novel is the same
as the monster today, as long as there is profit to be made the monster will gradually
change with the flow of society. The monster
has no name I think that is because the monster is too scary to its
creator. The creator was supposed to
named him but because the monster was a disappointment to Frankenstein then the
monster remains nameless. That is what the novel intended to be. But, why is it still today the monster has no
name? simple, just because “product
familiarity”. The novel itself, I don’t
think it is important anymore because you don’t see people walk around with
Shelly’s Frankenstein novel in their hands anymore. But, if a new Frankenstein movie comes out then
people will go to watch it. The name is
so familiar now that if you give the monster a new name then people will get
confused. Also, Frankenstein brand is for
sure worth billions of dollar (Frankenstein shirts, toys…).
I agree with you "This is to promote the product based on the consumers’ preferences. Society changed over time, the contemporary ideal of what society means at a specific dictates the image of Frankenstein’s monster. Whether or not the monster that depicted in Shelley’s novel is the same as the monster today, as long as there is profit to be made the monster will gradually change with the flow of society" After Shelley's novel, people start having their own interpretation of the monster in the social atmosphere, it is the reflection of the social fear and the reflection of technology at that time.
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You're right that the Frankenstein brand has taken on an identity completely separate from its beginnings with Shelley's novel. We even attach the prefix Franken- when something is pieced together or use Frankenstein as an adjective to describe that's all hodge-podge connected together. Frankenstein might as well be the monster's name in this day and age, for continuity's sake at the very least.
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