Going into this novel with an open mind and an unbiased thought was difficult. Frankenstein, as the monster is called essentially everywhere but this novel, by Mary Shelly brings to light the original story of the favorite horror tale. The first major difference I noticed between the novel's monster and folklore was the life process. In folklore, the monster is zapped with lighting at the top of a tower. After a few tense moments, Victor is supposed to scream, "Its Alive!" Sadly to say, nothing of the sort actually was accurate according to the novel. "I saw the dull yellow eyes of the creature open..."(Shelly, 35). Honestly, that was it. It seems that he sowed some parts together, waited a little, lit a candle, and there he was good to go and alive!
Another discrepancy was the appearance of the creature and the source of the parts. The skin was portrayed as having a yellowish ten to them. In folklore, the skin usually was of a greenish tint. The bolts on the side of the neck were also added at time after the novel was written. In folklore, we imagine grave robbing as the source of various body parts for the creature. However, in the original version, the parts were obtained from dissecting rooms and slaughterhouses!
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