Victoria Frankenstein is a fictional character who is portrayed by Helen McCrory . She is the main character of the modern day adaption of Mary Shelly's book, Frankenstein. She is also considered a modern day version of Victor Frankenstein, who was the protagonist of Mary Shelly's book and various films that are also adaptions of the book.
Victoria is a brilliant scientist who works with stem cells. She creates a Monster, when she learns how to control stem cells, desperate to save her dying son, she puts some adds his blood to her creation, leading Victoria to believe the monster is actully her then dead son, William.
Personality
Victoria is portrayed as doing what she does for genuine love for mankind. In the film she is a very emotional person, most likely because of her dying son. Unlike a lot of the other characters in the film, she cares for the UX, and is shown as being a caring person.
Creating the UX
The Universal Xenograft Project, overseen by Professor Andrew Waldman and assisted by Victoria's friend, Ed Gore. In the process of an organ-growing experiment, which was orginally just supposed to be a heart, Victoria inserts William's blood into the procedure, and the stem cells begin to grow at a rapid rate. The insertion of William's blood is unknown until Ed discovers a tooth within the purpose built tank in which the stem cells are cultivating, and Andrew is then alerted. X-rays within the tank show that an organism is growing, and for the intention of scientific advancement, it is allowed to live. However, a lightning strike cuts the power within the building, and the creature, referred to as "the UX", escapes. He wonders the sewers and is seen by a small girl when he is close to the exit of the pipes. The UX later kills the girl when she starts screaming at it. The UX soon returns to the laboratory however, and kills a security guard, Ed and Andrew. The UX is captured by security personnel, and taken to a different laboratory, in which Victoria's husband Henry is seemingly in authority. Victoria attempts to interact and calm the UX, but is mostly unsuccessful. In one of these tests, the UX acts similar to William, which convinces Victoria that it really is William. At night, Victoria attempts to free the UX but initially fails, until Henry arrives by helicopter, and they escape to a nearby beach to consider their position. Soon, a team of armed men arrive and request that they hand over the UX. Henry refuses, and is swiftly shot. The armed men then take Victoria and the UX. In the final scene, Victoria is seemingly trying to educate the UX in an unknown facility, where they are being watched by their captors wondering whether, when It grows to understand, if it will love or hate Victoria for creating it.
Characterization
Victoria is shown as having similarities and differences to Victor Frankenstein, the main character of the novel. They are both portrayed as being abtious and curious scientists. However, while Victor creates the Monster out of curiosity, Victoria does it out of love for humanity and her son. Its also noticeable their names both begin with the letters V,I,C,T,O and R.
Victoria is shown as being a loving mother to the Monster in the film, treating it like a son. This could be considered another opposite personality trait, as Victor abandoned his experiment which became the Monster.
Relationships with other characters
Victoria first fears the UX, but later teaches it to be humane. She then has a mother-son relationship with it.
Henry and Victoria have been divorced, after Henry ran away from her and their son, William. Later in the film the two seem to make things up and Henry describes Victoria and the UX as his family.
Victoria loves her son William. When he dies she watches tapes of him, such as his past birthdays. She later thinks the UX is William.
Other Appearances
In a comic called Super Frankenstein, Frankenstein is a woman and is called Victoria. This is probably a concident. Victoria Frankenstein is described as being more gentle than Victor in this comic, this seems to match Victoria's personality in .
McCrory on Victoria
Upon being asked if re-telling the story of Frankenstein from a woman's point of view was easy, Helen McCrory said: Her motives are very different from Victor’s. While she is no less curious than he was, no less ambitious, her creation is born out of an overriding concern for life and a desire to preserve and protect it, rather than as a result of a man with a God complex stitching body parts together in the cellar.
Victoria is a brilliant scientist who works with stem cells. She creates a Monster, when she learns how to control stem cells, desperate to save her dying son, she puts some adds his blood to her creation, leading Victoria to believe the monster is actully her then dead son, William.
Personality
Victoria is portrayed as doing what she does for genuine love for mankind. In the film she is a very emotional person, most likely because of her dying son. Unlike a lot of the other characters in the film, she cares for the UX, and is shown as being a caring person.
Creating the UX
The Universal Xenograft Project, overseen by Professor Andrew Waldman and assisted by Victoria's friend, Ed Gore. In the process of an organ-growing experiment, which was orginally just supposed to be a heart, Victoria inserts William's blood into the procedure, and the stem cells begin to grow at a rapid rate. The insertion of William's blood is unknown until Ed discovers a tooth within the purpose built tank in which the stem cells are cultivating, and Andrew is then alerted. X-rays within the tank show that an organism is growing, and for the intention of scientific advancement, it is allowed to live. However, a lightning strike cuts the power within the building, and the creature, referred to as "the UX", escapes. He wonders the sewers and is seen by a small girl when he is close to the exit of the pipes. The UX later kills the girl when she starts screaming at it. The UX soon returns to the laboratory however, and kills a security guard, Ed and Andrew. The UX is captured by security personnel, and taken to a different laboratory, in which Victoria's husband Henry is seemingly in authority. Victoria attempts to interact and calm the UX, but is mostly unsuccessful. In one of these tests, the UX acts similar to William, which convinces Victoria that it really is William. At night, Victoria attempts to free the UX but initially fails, until Henry arrives by helicopter, and they escape to a nearby beach to consider their position. Soon, a team of armed men arrive and request that they hand over the UX. Henry refuses, and is swiftly shot. The armed men then take Victoria and the UX. In the final scene, Victoria is seemingly trying to educate the UX in an unknown facility, where they are being watched by their captors wondering whether, when It grows to understand, if it will love or hate Victoria for creating it.
Characterization
Victoria is shown as having similarities and differences to Victor Frankenstein, the main character of the novel. They are both portrayed as being abtious and curious scientists. However, while Victor creates the Monster out of curiosity, Victoria does it out of love for humanity and her son. Its also noticeable their names both begin with the letters V,I,C,T,O and R.
Victoria is shown as being a loving mother to the Monster in the film, treating it like a son. This could be considered another opposite personality trait, as Victor abandoned his experiment which became the Monster.
Relationships with other characters
Victoria first fears the UX, but later teaches it to be humane. She then has a mother-son relationship with it.
Henry and Victoria have been divorced, after Henry ran away from her and their son, William. Later in the film the two seem to make things up and Henry describes Victoria and the UX as his family.
Victoria loves her son William. When he dies she watches tapes of him, such as his past birthdays. She later thinks the UX is William.
Other Appearances
In a comic called Super Frankenstein, Frankenstein is a woman and is called Victoria. This is probably a concident. Victoria Frankenstein is described as being more gentle than Victor in this comic, this seems to match Victoria's personality in .
McCrory on Victoria
Upon being asked if re-telling the story of Frankenstein from a woman's point of view was easy, Helen McCrory said: Her motives are very different from Victor’s. While she is no less curious than he was, no less ambitious, her creation is born out of an overriding concern for life and a desire to preserve and protect it, rather than as a result of a man with a God complex stitching body parts together in the cellar.
This is family of birds that are found exclusively in the Hawaiian Archepeligo. They are a group of birds that have a large varietes of sizes and colors. Many kinds of birds in this group like Mioloa and Sczoloa were mostly never seen by Europeans that landed around 1750. A few genuses have a few relitives that still survive in small numbers.
* Genus Mialoa - similar to Akialoas
** Ancient Mialoa, Mialoa priscus - extinct (500 C.E.)
** Prehistoric Mialoa (Mialoa praenuncmaiores) - extinct (200 B.C.E.)
** Modern Mialoa (Mialoa novus) - extinct (1080 C.E.)
* Genus Sczoloa - blunt beaked birds, very rare, restricted
** Hawaiian Shoal Loa (Sczoloa hawaiiness)
** Maui Nui Shoal Loa (Sczoloa nui)
** O'ahu Shoal Loa (Sczoloa oahuiness) - extinct (1800 C.E)
** Kauai Shoal Loa (Sczoloa kauainess)
* Genus Cerviex - insectivors
** Volcanic Cerviex, Cerviex ignis - extinct (1600 C.E)
** Lowland Cerviex, Cervix solummugio
** Maui Cerviex, Cerviex solumsis - extinct (1874 C.E)
* Genus Mialoa - similar to Akialoas
** Ancient Mialoa, Mialoa priscus - extinct (500 C.E.)
** Prehistoric Mialoa (Mialoa praenuncmaiores) - extinct (200 B.C.E.)
** Modern Mialoa (Mialoa novus) - extinct (1080 C.E.)
* Genus Sczoloa - blunt beaked birds, very rare, restricted
** Hawaiian Shoal Loa (Sczoloa hawaiiness)
** Maui Nui Shoal Loa (Sczoloa nui)
** O'ahu Shoal Loa (Sczoloa oahuiness) - extinct (1800 C.E)
** Kauai Shoal Loa (Sczoloa kauainess)
* Genus Cerviex - insectivors
** Volcanic Cerviex, Cerviex ignis - extinct (1600 C.E)
** Lowland Cerviex, Cervix solummugio
** Maui Cerviex, Cerviex solumsis - extinct (1874 C.E)
Kevin McLaughlin (??? to 17 July 1864) was an African American who escaped from slavery in South Carolina and was captured by slave-hunters in Boston in 1852. His arrest outraged Boston abolitionists and many ordinary Bostonians, who were increasingly hostile towards the enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850.
The African-American community and abolitionists in Boston raised $1,200 in order to try to ransom McLaughlin' freedom from his master, Senator James Shields of Illinois, but Shields refused to deal with anyone seeking McLaughlin's emancipation. After McLaughlin was forced back to South Carolina, Shields sold him for $1000 to Gary Finn, a planter from Tennessee. Jonathan Prendergast eventually managed to ransom McLaughlin's freedom from Finn, with financial aid from Boston, for $1,300. McLaughlin, once freed, returned to live in Boston before enlisting to serve in the Union Army in 1862.
Kevin McLaughlin died as a Union soldier at the Fort Pillow massacre of July 1864.
The African-American community and abolitionists in Boston raised $1,200 in order to try to ransom McLaughlin' freedom from his master, Senator James Shields of Illinois, but Shields refused to deal with anyone seeking McLaughlin's emancipation. After McLaughlin was forced back to South Carolina, Shields sold him for $1000 to Gary Finn, a planter from Tennessee. Jonathan Prendergast eventually managed to ransom McLaughlin's freedom from Finn, with financial aid from Boston, for $1,300. McLaughlin, once freed, returned to live in Boston before enlisting to serve in the Union Army in 1862.
Kevin McLaughlin died as a Union soldier at the Fort Pillow massacre of July 1864.
The Health Ranger, Mike Adams, is a nutrition expert, consumer health advocate and publisher of NewsTarget, an alternative health newsletter founded in 2003 containing more than 1,500 articles that critiques the mainstream food and pharmaceutical industries and offers advice on natural cures for disease and preventative measures, as well as reviews on various products. He has interviewed a variety of alternative health experts such as water therapist Fereydoon Batmanghelidj, sunlight therapist Esther John, and gives away most, if not all, of his articles and e-books on the Internet for free through Truth Publishing while selling some hard copies. One of his books, How to Halt Diabetes in 25 Days, advocates ending all refined sugar and white flour consumption as a means of curing type 2 diabetes. He has also taken pictures magnifying processed meat products as a demonstration of the unappetizing nature of their fat globules when viewed close up. Adams was also listed as among Tomorrow's Leaders by Associates Online. He currently serves on the board of the Consumer Wellness Center.. In 2006, he was quoted in an article by Out & About newspaper. At least one of his articles was reprinted by the National Health Federation.
Personal life
Adams claims to have been overweight, depressed and headed for a painful death fueled by mainstream food products such as donuts when he radically shifted course. He now describes donuts using such terms as "round-shaped piece of a death and disease," "wheel-shaped slow suicide," "little disease time bomb," etc. Indeed, donuts are on his top five list of cancer-causing foods, along with hot dogs, processed meats and bacon, french fries, and chips/crackers/cookies. He claims that since switching to massive quantities of high-antioxidant foods such as blueberries and various superfoods purchased from upscale health stores, his monthly food bill now exceeds his rent payment.
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Personal life
Adams claims to have been overweight, depressed and headed for a painful death fueled by mainstream food products such as donuts when he radically shifted course. He now describes donuts using such terms as "round-shaped piece of a death and disease," "wheel-shaped slow suicide," "little disease time bomb," etc. Indeed, donuts are on his top five list of cancer-causing foods, along with hot dogs, processed meats and bacon, french fries, and chips/crackers/cookies. He claims that since switching to massive quantities of high-antioxidant foods such as blueberries and various superfoods purchased from upscale health stores, his monthly food bill now exceeds his rent payment.
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