Frankenstein - The First A.I. Monster Takeover of 1818
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Күн бұрынFrankenstein by Mary Shelley was published exactly 200 years ago, in 1818, but it tells the story of human's obsession to push the boundaries of science which kind of mirrors today's world. The result of an untamed scientific project is the unintended monster. One of the central question it poses is this: what happens when men do not have women? What does lonliness do to men? Today we live in a world in which men and women are moving apart so can Frankenstein tells us about today's world? Can it be a mirror to how human societies are heading towards an uncertain future? In this video I summarise the novel and discuss it main themes and try to answer these questions.
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00:00 Who was Mary Shelley
03:18 Frankenstein Summary
21:08 Analysis: Men’s Obsession
24:53 Analysis: rationality
28:51 Resentment
30:51 Gender Divide
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@TH3F4LC0Nx 2 жыл бұрын
Frankenstein is my favorite book ever. No other book has ever spoken to me as powerfully as it did. And it's a true testament to the work that it continues to endure and has arguably become even more relevant as time has gone by. Truly wondrous book. (Also, Lord Byron didn't write The Vampyre, John Polidori did.)
@Fiction_Beast 2 жыл бұрын
I think he wrote something prior to polidori
@nigelbryant7980 2 жыл бұрын
Hell yeah. I had a lot of classes in university that focused solely on diminishing the Western Canon. But my British Literature classes were the exception. And it introduced me to this classic.
@Fiction_Beast 2 жыл бұрын
You mean western canon is analyzed through a postmodern lens?
@nigelbryant7980 2 жыл бұрын
@@Fiction_Beast Yes, a lot of professors were explicitly denigrating the Western Canon in the name of Postmodernism, particularly in my philosophy class. But also in the religious studies, literary studies, and psychology departments. Thankfully there were exceptions that in no small part sparked my love of reading the great authors and thinkers.
@gracefitzgerald2227 2 жыл бұрын
You’re so smart and funny! You always make my day. Thank you as always!❤️❤️😍
@Fiction_Beast 2 жыл бұрын
That’s awesome. I appreciate your support.
@mmmwhatthefuck 2 жыл бұрын
this is SUCH a good video and so thorough
@Fiction_Beast 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@Lunalastrega Жыл бұрын
This is so well done! I really enjoyed this.
@jmsl910 Жыл бұрын
i just got you in my feed! love your understated demeanor & intelligent insights! 📚☕️
@Fiction_Beast Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@deepdrag8131 2 жыл бұрын
You are really fun to listen to! Great work. I’m glad I found your channel. It’s nice to hear from someone who can talk about serious literature without getting too serious.
@Fiction_Beast 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
@romeosantos3261 2 жыл бұрын
I remember reading this 10 years ago. Its one of my personal favorites.
@louiseliu407 2 жыл бұрын
A thought I had about the section on ‘Men’s Obsession’ is that rather than it being a natural inclination, it’s feel more like an engineered opportunity. Women were not given and allowed the same opportunities for studies and creation so of course there are less examples earlier in history when it comes to the ‘workaholic woman’, but as modern society shows, the pursuit of greatness is quite the human trait. I’m sorry if this sounds picky, but I’m not sure if you prefaced the the historical context and so I felt like I just had to point it out.
@Fiction_Beast 2 жыл бұрын
You got a point.
@Laocoon283 2 жыл бұрын
Its testosterone actually that drives that kind of behavior
@louiseliu407 Жыл бұрын
@@Laocoon283 What kind of behaviour? In any case, females also possess testosterone and the biological capabilities to ensure it's continual synthesis.
@louiseliu407 Жыл бұрын
@@Laocoon283 In any case, simplifying the complex nature of certain human behaviours to the presence of a certain hormone seems rather disingenuous
@Laocoon283 Жыл бұрын
@@louiseliu407 Let me ask you something. You said "woman were not given the opportunities to study and create". Who do you suppose gave men those opportunities?
@Hellismary 2 жыл бұрын
My favorite book of literature, it has influenced me countless times ! Also your observations as usually towards the end were extremely spot on ! I’m a creator / writer Myself and when I’m working on something it’s like tunnel vision ! Obsessed over it and it’s growth etc
@Fiction_Beast 2 жыл бұрын
I can relate to that tunnel moment myself.
@axiom4823 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@Fiction_Beast 2 жыл бұрын
Really appreciate it.
@tayabaashfaq9540 Жыл бұрын
a big fat wow on your analysis of rationality.... my mind is blown💯👌
@clairestaffieri4398 2 жыл бұрын
I enjoy your story telling of stories told. Thank you;
@Fiction_Beast 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@GusTheWolfgang 2 жыл бұрын
This is incredible
@Fiction_Beast 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@suhaaaaaassvanaparthi2134 Жыл бұрын
Excellent analysis
@Funfromrudauli 9 ай бұрын
Thanku so much for giving this beautiful explanation....💜💜💜
@harriemeeuwis978 Жыл бұрын
Great video. Interesting angle.
@Nicks721 2 жыл бұрын
I recently discovered your channel and I am amazed!!! Really congratulations,you create very informative and high quality videos!!! I also want to ask you something. Because I also like poetry very much,can you suggest me any channel similar to yours, with such quality videos, but about poetry?? Thank you in advance and keep up your excellent work!!!❤️❤️
@Fiction_Beast 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I don’t know any channel that discusses poetry. There are some that read poetry like red frost. Why don’t you start one yourself?
@xstaticgurlxx 7 ай бұрын
Thissss wa the analysis I was looking for I loved the book
@syedbukhari6578 Жыл бұрын
What do you mean not stylistic? I found the prose/writing to be beautiful.
@BrightGarlick 2 жыл бұрын
Another exceptional video full of marvellous insight! Had Percy been as sensible as Mary and left Byron to his own adventures, he might have lived long enough to see what a wonderful writer Mary was! And perhaps I misheard but you my friend, have a lady in waiting, just waiting to be found! In my mind Mary is up there with Joan of Arc and Boudicca in her willingness to say, Fuck Men, I can go one better!
@Fiction_Beast 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@prasoonjha1816 2 жыл бұрын
10:19 Haha, Frankenstein getting sick reminded me too of Raskolnikov (Even though Frankenstein preceded the latter by half a century).
@42976675 Жыл бұрын
At that point in the book no one had seen the monster. And we also know that Frankenstein's mother had recently died. Part of me wondered, if in his possible depression, if he buried himself in his studies to avoid life and the result was not a better alternative. But eventually the monster is seen by others. Oh well.
@carriedoyne7362 Жыл бұрын
Two things I took away fom this novel after I read it: 1. Man isn't God 2. Just because you can doesn't mean you should Thanks for analyzing this stoty.
@chicken1696 Жыл бұрын
i wonder how you think like this like i would read a book and go " and its a story about a monster " and i would never thought about things like mens obsession, nietzhe, science etc. i just read the story.
@AMANKUMARSINGH-yp1qz 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@ImpartiallySpeaking 8 ай бұрын
There’s absolutely no evidence of Mary Godwin having visited Frankenstein castle in Germany.
@DetectiveKemper Жыл бұрын
Regarding everyone narrating the novel with the same voice. It wasn't until Mark Twain that dialogue became regional. Before that it was fashionable to use the kind of narrative prose used in "Frankenstein."
@Fiction_Beast Жыл бұрын
I think the criticism against this is that the voice of a monster is the same as his creator. Yes I agree the narrative voice was quite uniform before huckleberry roamed the Mississippi
@abshaar8816 Жыл бұрын
Watching your vedios from Pakistan... Love it ❤
@RealRoknRollr3108 2 жыл бұрын
Blade Runner owes a lot to a Frankenstein, and also the sequel Blade Runner 2049. In the latter the man made people, or replicants have bred and sure enough as Dr Frankenstein thought this child becomes a lighning rod for revolution by these artificial people.
@muhammadimrankhan3294 Жыл бұрын
Love from Karachi Pakistan.🖤❤️
@Fiction_Beast Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@cappy2282 2 жыл бұрын
These days they tell us "men giving birth" is very normal 🤦♂️
@nigelbryant7980 2 жыл бұрын
Lol😂
@cappy2282 2 жыл бұрын
@@nigelbryant7980 lol Frankenstein pops out the castle screaming and all the peasants are like; "That must be the Doctors new boyfriend...he is soo brave"
@cappy2282 2 жыл бұрын
@@vlc-cosplayer ...not until they are ridiculed into oblivion 2) Its not a political issue, it's a cultural one...and this nonsense has started to negatively effects every aspect of our lives. (I'm paying $5 for a gallon of gas because people are dumb enough to believe the global warming hoax)
@Laocoon283 2 жыл бұрын
Who? Literally no one says that other then two crazy people.
@cappy2282 2 жыл бұрын
@@Laocoon283 lol modern liberals can't even "define" a woman...so I think it's a little more than two people who believe "men can have babies." (Not my fault you're embarrassed by your political ideology)
@guy_bello 2 жыл бұрын
🤔hmmmm
@YTRulesFromNM 5 ай бұрын
The Nobel Prize is Alfred Nobel's most horrible invention.
@Laocoon283 2 жыл бұрын
Just a nitpick. The story is 200 years old the background and summary is just a waste of breath at this point just skip to the analysis. I have heard this summary a dozen times and almost never get any analysis. Its frustrating. Edit: just noticed it's got timestamps
@mrbooger58 8 ай бұрын
Thanks!
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