Frankenstein Research Activity

1. Explore the Frankenstein legend through art: find at least three

paintings/drawings that depict Frankenstein. Arrange them in chronological
order and give some background on the artists.















Year: 2002
Denis Deprez:
Denis Deprez was born in 1966 and attended the Saint-Luc
Institute in Brussels before giving birth, with a group of
designers, Frigo Production, which later became the
independent publishing Frmok, which appear in fanzines
Frigorevue and Frigobox








Source:
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Deprez#Biographie















Year: 2010
Shingo Shichigoro Matsunuma:
Shichigoro is a Japanese artist based out of Yokohama,
Japan. While attending Tama Arts University in Tokyo,
Shingo studied oil painting but fell in love with Photoshop
and the digital arts which subsequently turned him onto
game design as well as working with such brands as
BlackMilkClothing. His imaginative, but dark mechanized
creatures are both human and fantasy a surreal blend of
dark perfection.



Source: http://www.betweenmirrors.com/2013/04/shingo-
shichigoro-matsunuma-mechanical.html#.U2xCY_mSySo










Year: 2012
David B. Ellis:
-Born in Murray, Kentucky.
A graduate of Murray State University with a bachelors
degree in Fine Arts. His artwork ranges from traditional
realist subjects, especially the rural landscape of Tennessee
and Kentucky, to astronomical, science fiction and fantasy
illustration.


Source:
https://www.blogger.com/profile/09468191085576922813
2. Explore the Frankenstein legend through literature: the story of Dr.
Frankenstein has been referenced countless times, and by writers other than
Mary Shelley. Find at least three poems/short stories/novels/essays that
include references to Frankenstein. Arrange them in chronological order and
give some background on the writers.
Frankenstein
The monster has escaped
from the dungeon
where he was kept by the
Baron,
who made him with knobs
sticking out from each side
of his neck
where the head was
attached to the body
and stitching all over
where parts of cadavers
were sewed together.
He is pursued by the
ignorant villagers,
who think he is evil and
dangerous because he is
ugly
and makes ugly noises.
They wave firebrands at
him and cudgels and rakes,
but he escapes and comes
to the thatched cottage
of an old blind man playing
on the violin Mendelssohn's
"Spring Song."
Hearing him approach, the
blind man welcomes him:
"Come in, my friend," and
takes him by the arm.
"You must be weary," and
sits him down inside the
house.
For the blind man has long
dreamed of having a friend
to share his lonely life.
The monster has never
known kindness the Baron
was cruel --
but somehow he is able to
accept it now,
and he really has no
instincts to harm the old
man,
for in spite of his awful
looks he has a tender
heart:
Who knows what cadaver
that part of him came from?
The old man seats him at
table, offers him bread,
and says, "Eat, my friend."
The monster
rears back roaring in terror.
"No, my friend, it is good.
Eat -- gooood"
and the old man shows him
how to eat,
and reassured, the monster
eats
and says, "Eat -- gooood,"
trying out the words and
finding them good too.
The old man offers him a
glass of wine,
"Drink, my friend. Drink --
gooood."
The monster drinks,
slurping horribly, and says,
"Drink -- gooood," in his
deep nutty voice
and smiles maybe for the
first time in his life.
Then the blind man puts a
cigar in the monster's
mouth
and lights a large wooden
match that flares up in his
face.
The monster, remembering
the torches of the villagers,
recoils, grunting in terror.
"No, my friend, smoke --
gooood,"
and the old man
demonstrates with his own
cigar.
The monster takes a
tentative puff
and smiles hugely, saying,
"Smoke -- gooood,"
and sits back like a banker,
grunting and puffing.
Now the old man plays
Mendelssohn's "Spring
Song" on the violin
while tears come into our
dear monster s eyes
as he thinks of the stones of
the mob the pleasures of
meal-time,
the magic new words he
has learned
and above all of the friend
he has found.
It is just as well that he is
unaware --
being simple enough to
believe only in the present -
-
that the mob will find him
and pursue him
for the rest of his short
unnatural life,
until trapped at the
whirlpool's edge
he plunges to his death.
By: Edward Field (Year:
Edward Field: Born in June 7, 1924, Edward Field grew up in Lynbrook (New York) and is an American
author and poet. He began writing poetry during World War II, after a Red Cross worker handed him
an anthology of poetry. In 1963 his book, Stand Up, Friend, With Me, was awarded the
prestigious Lamont Poetry Prize and was published. In 1992, he received a Lambda
Award for Counting Myself Lucky, Selected Poems 1963-1992.
Source: http://mrpoolefrankensteinproject.weebly.com/
When Frankenstein was just a kid
When Frankenstein was just
a kid,
he ate his greens. It's true.
He did!
He ate his spinach, salads,
peas,
asparagus, and foods like
these,
and with each leaf and lima
bean
his skin became a bit more
green.

On chives and chard he
loved to chew,
and Brussels sprouts and
peppers too,
until he ate that fateful
bean
that turned his skin
completely green.
He turned all green, and
stayed that way,
and now he frightens folks
away.

Poor Frankenstein, his tale
is sad,
but things need not have
been so bad.
It's fair to say, if only he
had eaten much less celery,
avoided cabbage, ate no
kale,
why, then, we'd have a
different tale.

So, mom and dad, I'm here
to say
please take these
vegetables away
or my fate could be just as
grim.
Yes, I could end up green
like him.
So, mom and dad, before
we dine,
please give a thought to
Frankenstein.

--Kenn Nesbitt

Kenn Nesbitt is an American children's poet.

On June 11, 2013 he was named Children's Poet
Laureate

by the Poetry Foundation. He is a writer of humorous poetry for children, including the
books My Hippo Has the Hiccups and Revenge of the Lunch Ladies. Kenn Nesbitt has collaborated
with poet Linda Knaus on one collection of Christmas poems entitled Santa Got Stuck in the
Chimney and with children's musician Eric Herman on several CDs. His poems also appear in
numerous anthologies of humorous children's poetry. Nesbitt's writing often includes imagery of
outrageous happenings, before ending on a realistic note. Being children's poems, many make fun of
school life.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenn_Nesbitt
Frankenstein Monster
You tell me how were
supposed to survive
When you treat me like Im
not even alive?
How am I supposed to feel,
Heal,
Believe that this is real,
When all you do is break
me?
Ive cried the tears of a
broken man,
Enraged by the war that
hell never avenge
But you dont care.
Youre blinded by the things
you think you see in front of
you.
Scared to actually see the
love that youve been
holding in your own hand.
What can we do now?
No.
Not we.
What can you do now?
Because Ive done it all.
Broken my own promises
and town down my own
will.
The strength Ive held inside
me has already headed for
the hills.
Ive searched for it high and
low,
Wandering father than I
thought I would ever have
to go.
But you drag me back.
Not allowing me to stand up
tall and bring back me
strength.
Instead you prefer to keep
me on the ground.
So you feel bigger and
triumphant.
While Im just the dirt
beneath your feet.
Someone you can trample
over.
Ill let you continue.
Ill even let you think youve
won.
Let you believe that you
broke me and you have
control.
But the truth is,
As you sleep I grow closer
to finding my strength.
My tears are fading and my
will is growing.
The monster you have
created is taking its
revenge.
This torn apart,
Put back together,
Broken-hearted,
Frankenstein monster.

--Kariishh
Aboutu Kariishh- I write on occasion when I have the feeling that I need to get something down.
Most of my work is on paper which I end up writing when I run because I can clear my head and then
the words come to me. Some small photography included, small phase.
Source: http://www.teenink.com/users/Kariishh
3. Explore the Frankenstein legend through music: find at least three musical
allusions to the Frankenstein story. Arrange them in chronological order and
give some background information on the composers.

Edgar Winter Group- Frankenstein (Instrumental) [1973]
Edgar Holland Winter (born December 28, 1946) is an American rock and blues musician. He is
known for being a multi-instrumentalist keyboardist, saxophonist and percussionist often
playing an instrument while singing. His success peaked in the 1970s with his band, The Edgar
Winter Group, and their popular songs "Frankenstein" and "Free Ride". He has albinism.

Teenage Frankenstein
(1986)
I'm the kid on the block
With my head made of rock
And I ain't got nobody
I'm the state of the art
Got a brain a la carte
I make the babies cry
I ain't one of the crowd
I ain't one of the guys
They just avoid me
They run and they hide
Are my colours too bright
Are my eyes set too wide
I spend my whole life
Burning, turning
I'm a teenage Frankenstein
The local freak with the
twisted mind
I'm a teenage Frankenstein
These ain't my hands
And these legs ain't mine
Got a synthetic face
Got some scars and a brace
My hands are rough and
bloody
I walk into the night
Women faint at the sight
I ain't no cutie-pie
I can't walk in the day
I must walk in the night
Stay in the shadows
Stay out of the light
Are my shoulders too wide
Is my head screwed on tight
I spend my whole life
Burning, turning
I'm a teenage Frankenstein
The local freak with the
twisted mind
I'm a teenage Frankenstein
These ain't my hands
And these legs ain't mine

Alice Cooper- Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier, February 4, 1948)

is an
American rock singer, songwriter, and musician whose career spans five decades. With a stage show
that features guillotines, electric chairs, fake blood, boa constrictors, and baby dolls, he is considered
by fans and peers alike to be "The Godfather of Shock Rock"; Cooper has drawn equally from horror
movies, vaudeville, and garage rock to pioneer a grandly theatrical and macabre brand of rock
designed to shock.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Cooper
Gruber: Frankenstein!! / Gruber Berliner Philharmoniker (2011)
Composer, conductor and chansonnier HK Gruber is one of the most well-known and well-loved
figures in contemporary music and one of the major talents of post-war music. Composing in his
own highly individual style, he has been labelled new-Romantic, neo-tonal, neo-expressionistic
and neo-Viennese; however, his music remains refreshingly non-doctrinaire - a deceptively simple
and darkly ironic idiom, often drawing on Berg, Stravinsky, cabaret and pop music as influences, and
often with a heavy dose of black humour. Gruber was awarded Austrias most prestigious cultural
prize, the 2002 Greater Austria State Prize (Groer sterreichischer Staatspreis) and in 2009 was
announced as an Honorary Member of the Wiener Konzerthaus, following a great tradition of
musicians to also receive this accolade, including Igor Stravinsky, Pierre Boulez, Leonard Bernstein
and Claudio Abbado.
Source: http://www.intermusica.co.uk/artists/conductor/hk-gruber/biography