Alraune story
Professor Jakob ten Brinken artificially inseminates a prostitute with a mandrake root that was somehow formed from the semen of a hanged man. The girl, Alraune, born of the unholy union comes to hate the professor and set out to seek vengeance against him.
10 total · 6 major · 4 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| father and daughter | major | Professor Brinken adopts Alraune the mandrake child and tries to teach her how to be a normal human being. |
| mandrake root legend | major | The story was based on the legend that old German mandrake legend related to using a mandrake root that is somehow formed from the sperm of a hanged man to impregnate women. |
| playing God with nature | major | Professor Brinken was directly accused of playing God with nature by artificially inseminating a prostitute with a mandrake root and warned that he would pay for what he had done. |
| the desire for vengeance | major | Alraune driven by a desire to for revenge against Professor Brinken upon finding out he was responsible for her being the product of an unholy union between a prostitute and a mandrake root. |
| unrequited love | major | Professor Brinken at his adoptive daughter Alraune. |
| what is natural | major | it is discussed whether Alraune was an unnatural and monstrous creation. |
| scientist occupation | minor | The geneticist Professor Jakob ten Brinken artificially inseminated a prostitute with a mandrake root - a plant that was formed from the sperm of a hanged man. |
| stage magic | minor | Alraune found work doing stage magic at the circus. |
| uncle and nephew | minor | Franz Braun disapproves of his uncle Professor Brinken's experiments with artificially inseminating women the sperm from hanged men. |
| unethical human experimentation | minor | Franz Braun expresses ethical reservations to Professor Brinken about his plan to artificially inseminate a prostitute with a mandrake root. |