Moraine Valley Community College Library Podcast

Frankenstein’s monster has undergone a type of evolution beyond the pages of the novel that birthed him. He started as an agile creature who intentionally commits vengeful murders in the original novel to an inarticulate, childlike monster image of him that mostly came from the movies. The monster has become one of the most recognizable and well-known characters of fiction taking on a life across print, films, television, and stage. The monster has been born and reborn within many cultural contexts.