FREE Frankenstein - Novel and Movie Comparison Essay.
In search of the most authentic Frankenstein movie. This Universal Monsters movie arguably gives us the most iconic and globally recognised version of Frankenstein. The neck bolts, heavy brow and rectangular head have become synonymous with The Monster, despite it being a drastic deviation from Mary Shelley’s original vision. The entire look of the film, from the flashes of lightning.
Frankenstein's 'pursuit' of knowledge is described as 'following nature to her hiding places', nature is personified as a female. The focus of nature is typical of romanticism, but Frankensteins pursuit can be argued to almost be like rape, and it presents the natural world as threat, as if this knowledge is breaking natural and physical laws. Furthermore, in his creation of the monster.
The movie failed to focus on how Victor Frankenstein ended up at the laboratory in which he created the monster. The book gave the reader insight on Victor’s desire and obsession to create life, even though he knew it was dangerous. Also, the movie failed to show the monster’s journey to gaining knowledge about the human world and interaction which turned out to be dangerous to him and his.
Frankenstein offers interesting views of the psyche of man in both Frankenstein and his creature, and of the social damage that can result when love is denied, as it was to the creature, or.
The raw core of the story is in the movie. Frankenstein tries to do what God does, but he can't quite manage the job. And the monster gets stuck paying the check; it's innocent and even noble in a weird way, but no one can get past its ugly, ugly looks. See, even in its innocence, it ends up doing harm. Think about that one infamous scene where Karloff plays with a little girl before throwing.
This is the original 1931 Frankenstein. The old horror films had no music, only dialogue. So, I added a score of my own. Enjoy!
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