Frankenstein was originally created through the brilliant mind of Mary Shelley in her novel "Frankenstein." In the first edition text, Mary Shelley does not even name the monstrous man Frankenstein, but actually commonly refers to him as "the monster." In actuality Frankenstein, or Dr. Frankenstein, is the man who brought the monster to life.
Another fact that pop culture has altered overtime is the way that the monster looks and his background story. In Mary Shelley's piece she explains that Dr. Frankenstein created the monster from severed limps of people who were hospitalized in early London. The monster would have literally been covered in molding dirty flesh and filled with broken(but restructured) bones. In other words, the monster would have been absolutely hideous. As for the way that the monster's background story, after Dr. Frankenstein made the vial creature he was so appalled by his creation that he ran and hid for it, leaving the monster to run away and fend for himself in our harsh world. To make a long story short, the monster was treated like an outsider by every person that he encountered and eventually(due to such emotional abuse) he kills himself by jumping into a body of water and drowning.
If you have ever had the chance to see Mel Brooks' "Young Frankenstein", you will be able to note that Frankenstein(the monster) is portrayed in a humorous and lighthearted way that makes you want to know the monster in real life. Clearly, this is far from what Mary Shelley had intended the audience to feel from her work.
Frankenstein today:
The way Mary Shelley had intended on making him look:
Video clip of a modern-day adaptation of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein":
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