Introduction:
Frankenstein or (the Modern Prometheus) known as the first science-fiction novel written by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, at the age of 21, the widely famous novel was published in 1818. Although serving as the basis for the Western horror story and the inspiration for numerous movies in the 20th century, the book Frankenstein is much more than pop fiction. The story explores philosophical themes and challenges Romantic ideals about the beauty and goodness of nature. But what’s the difference between Frankenstein the story and the film?
About the novel (Frankenstein):
This novel functions on symbolic many levels such as Frankenstein’s monster symbolize the coming of industrialization to Europe also the destruction and the death …show more content…
All too conveniently, he runs into the monster who confesses to the crime and tells Victor this story (if you're keeping track, we're now in a story-within-a-story-within-a-story):
When Frankenstein fled, he found himself alone and hideous. No one accepted him (being a corpse-parts conglomeration can do that to you), except for one old blind man. He hoped that the blind man's family of cottagers would give him compassion, but even they drove him away. When he ran across William, he killed the boy out of revenge. In short, he's ticked off that his maker created him to be alone and miserable, and so would Frankenstein please make him a female companion?
After much persuading, Victor agrees. He drops off Henry in Scotland while he goes to an island in the Orkneys to work. But, just before he finishes, he destroys the second monster: he's afraid that the two will bring destruction to humanity rather than love each other harmlessly. The monster sees him do this and swears revenge … again. When Victor lands on a shore among Irish people, they accuse him of murdering Henry, who has been found dead. He's acquitted, but not before another long …show more content…
Victor Frankenstein, while the film version, suggests that the creature is monstrous, violent and evil. The 1931 film "Frankenstein" is closest to Mary Shelley's book. The moment at which the creature comes to life is different, In the novel, Dr. Frankenstein alone is witness to the reanimation, and he is so overcome with revulsion that he flees his lab without 5 confronting his creation. Igor, Dr. Frankenstein's assistant, does not appear in the novel, although the "It's alive" scene in the movie remains the most well-known scene from the 1931 film nonetheless. The movie shows Dr. Frankenstein speaking with and accepting of his creation. The creature panics when the doctor's assistant enters the room with a lit torch, and the two men mistake the creature's fear for aggression. They lock it in a dungeon, taunting and torturing it until the creature goes mad and becomes murderous.
Several film adaptations exist from 1910 to the present, many of which give the creature's name as Frankenstein and assign a different name for the role of Dr. Victor