I do not think that these three are completely different novels, but they definitely sound like they have different tones to them, or emphasized different ideas or things. Shelley edits the 1818 Thomas version, which changes some things, but it is still the story of Frankenstein. 13 years past from 1818 to 1831, so there is naturally going to be differences between them. 13 years is a long time, more then half the time I have been alive, so there is undoubtedly going to be differences. When discussing the three versions, the word "friend" seemed to still be stressed in all versions though, so I think that all three were getting at the same thing, just had differences in them that time would naturally bring about.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Frankenstein-juxta
In the 1818 Thomas version, the two words used most frequently were "deep" and "friend". Friend was a word that was used the most throughout all three versions, but deep was unique to the Thomas version. I found all three times deep was used, and the words were not used in the same context or way the others were used. It seemed to be a common adjective in that time period; it was used to describe the extent of his interests, the night and tone of his voice. Maybe Thomas made a new friend that said the word deep a lot? Just kidding, but to me, it did not seem to be a word that had a lot of unique significance to this particular version.
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