History Trivia / Frankenstein

** "It's alive!" was never said in the original book. In fact in the book Frankenstein didn't have any assistants to talk to. The original monster was more of a GeniusBruiser than the DumbMuscle that he is typically portrayed as.

* ReferencedBy: The 1987 song ''China in Your Hand'' by T'Pau was based on ''Frankenstein'' after being inspired both by a documentary on how Shelley's success with the novel overshadowed her relationships with Byron and Keats and by the fragility and transparency of a china cup that Carol Decker was washing up one day. Several lyrics of the full song directly reference the novel, such as "now life will return in this electric storm" and "don't push too hard, your dreams are like china in your hand".

* ReferencedBy: The 1987 song ''China in Your Hand'' by T'Pau was based on ''Frankenstein'' after being inspired both by a documentary on how Shelley's success with the novel overshadowed her relationships with Byron and Keats and by the fragility and transparency of a china cup that Carol Decker was washing up one day. Several lyrics of the full song directly reference the novel such as "now life will return in this electric storm" and "don't push too hard, your dreams are like china in your hand".

* ReferencedBy: The 1987 song ''China in Your Hand'' by T'Pau was based on ''Frankenstein'' after being inspired both by a documentary on how Shelley's success with the novel overshadowed her relationships with Byron and Keats and by the fragility and transparency of a china cup that Carol Decker was washing up one day. Several lyrics of the full song directly reference the novel such as "now life will return in this electric storm" and "don't push to hard, your dreams are like china in your hand".

* OneHitWonder: Only one of Creator/MaryShelley's novels is well-known today: ''Frankenstein, or the modern Prometheus''. Although she was taken very seriously in her day, nowadays it's either ''Frankenstein'' or being the wife of Creator/PercyByssheShelley (even though it was her efforts after his death that kept ''him'' from being considered a OneHitWonder)...

** Electricity is used as the catalyst to bring the creature back to life in most modern portrayals. Electricity was never mentioned in the book's scene; in fact, Frankenstein makes a point of telling Walton he'll keep how he created the monster a secret. Wiki/TheOtherWiki states the electric use can be traced to the 1931 movie of Frankenstein. (Though the book ''does'' specifically mention Victor's childhood fascination with "the subject of electricity and galvanism", so it's really not a bad guess.)

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** Electricity is used as the catalyst to bring the creature back to life in most modern portrayals. Electricity was never mentioned in the book's scene; in fact, Frankenstein makes a point of telling Walton he'll keep how he created the monster a secret. Wiki/TheOtherWiki states the electric use can be traced to the 1931 movie of Frankenstein. (Though the book ''does'' make a point of mentioning Victor's childhood fascination with "the subject of electricity and galvanism", so it's really not a bad guess.)

** Electricity is used as the catalyst to bring the creature back to life in most modern portrayals. Electricity was never mentioned in the book's scene; in fact, Frankenstein makes a point of telling Walton he'll keep how he created the monster a secret. Wiki/TheOtherWiki states the electric use can be traced to the 1931 movie of Frankenstein.

* BeamMeUpScotty: "It's alive!" was never said in the original book. In fact in the book Frankenstein didn't have any assistants to talk to. The original monster was more of a GeniusBruiser than the DumbMuscle that he is typically portrayed as.
** Similarly, electricity is used as the catalyst to bring the creature back to life in most modern portrayals. Electricity was never mentioned in the book's scene; in fact, Frankenstein makes a point of telling Walton he'll keep how he created the monster a secret. TheOtherWiki states the electric use can be traced to the 1931 movie of Frankenstein.

** Similarly, electricity is used as the catalyst to bring the creature back to life in most modern portrayals. Electricity was never mentioned in the book; in fact, Frankenstein makes a point of telling Walton he'll keep it a secret. TheOtherWiki states the electric use can be traced to the 1931 movie of Frankenstein.

* BeamMeUpScotty: "It's alive!" was never said in the original book. The original monster was more of a GeniusBruiser than the DumbMuscle that he is typically portrayed as. And Fritz (the hunchback that said "It's Alive!") was nonexistent until the movie.

* CreatorBreakdown: Many literary historians consider the monster's creation scene in Frankenstein to be an allegory on childbirth. Months before writing the book, Mary Shelley had given birth to a premature, deformed illegitimate child who lived only minutes. Victor Frankenstein's misshapen, partly-formed 'monster' is created in 'filth' and when first brought to life is jaundiced, as most premature newborns are. This allegory may be less obvious to us because most movie adaptations don't follow Shelley's text that closely and turn the creation of the monster into a more scientific and less earthy event than Shelley imagined.

* BeamMeUpScotty: "It's alive!" was never said in the original book. The original monster was more of a GeniusBruiser than the DumbMuscle that he is typically portrayed as. And Fritz (the hunchback that said "It's Alive!") was nonexistent until the movie.

* BeamMeUpScotty: "It's alive!" was never said in the original book. The original monster was more of a GeniusBruiser than the DumbMuscle that he is typically portrayed as. And Fritz (the hunchback that said "It's Alive!" was nonexistent until the movie.