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Mr. De Lacey teaches the Creature to read and speak; in the novel the Creature reads on his own and learns to speak just by observing the family. The Creature kills the De Lacey family in revenge for their rejection of him, which he does not in the novel. Elizabeth Lavenza is Victor's cousin rather than his adopted sister.
The Lacy arms. de Lacy (Laci, Lacie, Lascy, Lacey, Lassey) is the surname of an old Norman family which originated from Lassy, Calvados. The family took part in the Norman Conquest of England and the later Norman invasion of Ireland. The name is first recorded for Hugh de Lacy (1020–1085).
During this time, he also finds Frankenstein's journal in the pocket of the jacket he found in the laboratory and learns how he was created. The creature eventually introduces himself to the family's blind father, De Lacey, who treats him with kindness. When the rest of the family returns, however, they are frightened of him and drive him away.
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is an 1818 Gothic novel written by English author Mary Shelley. Frankenstein tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was 18, and the first edition was published anonymously ...
Frankenstein: The Monster: Mary Shelly. Stage adaptations by Nick Dear, Barbara Field, Jonathan Christenson, Richard Brinsley Peake and Eric B. Sirota Physical Appearance and Movement Frankenstein: De Lacey Mary Shelly: Vision Impaired Gormenghast: Barquentine: Mervyn Peake: Physical Appearance and Movement Glee (Live) Artie Ryan Murphy, Brad ...
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is a 1994 science fiction horror film directed by Kenneth Branagh who also stars as Victor Frankenstein, with Robert De Niro portraying Frankenstein's monster (called The Creation in the film), and co-stars Tom Hulce, Helena Bonham Carter, Ian Holm, John Cleese, Richard Briers and Aidan Quinn.
Born in Italy, Elizabeth Lavenza was adopted by Victor's family.In the first edition (1818), she is the daughter of Victor's aunt and her Italian husband. After her mother's death, Elizabeth's father—intending to remarry—writes to Victor's father and asks if he and his wife would like to adopt the child and spare her being raised by a stepmother (as Mary Shelley had unhappily been).
The de Lacy family is an ancient Anglo-Norman aristocratic family which participated in the Norman conquest of England and the Norman invasion of Ireland. The family had significant land holdings in northern England and in Ireland.