Mary Shelleys Frankenstein Essays -- Mary Shelley Frankenstein Essays

bloody shame Shelleys Frankenstein The characterization of Victors animate being, the devil, in the movie although somewhat dramatically different from Mary Shelleys portrayal in the novel Frankenstein in addition had its similarities. Shelleys views of the monster were to make him seem like a human race being, while the movie made the monster out to be a hideous creation. The creatures appearance and personality are 2 aspects that differ between the novel and movie while his intellectual and huffy sides were portrayed the same. From the novel the creatures physical appearance is left(a) up to each readers imagination. Shelley wrote His limbs were in proportion, and I had selectedhis features as beautiful. Beautiful Great God His yellow skin scarcely c everywhere the work of muscles and arteries beneath his hair was of a lustrous black, and flowing his teeth of a pearly whiteness but these luxuriances only formed a more horrid contrast with his watery eyes, that seeme d almost of the same warp as the dun-whitesockets in which they were set, his shrivelled complexion and straight black lips (p.56). Although I imagined the creature a human being with somewhat distorted features, other reader might view his appearance as a marvelous monster. On the other hand, the movie has shown him as a hideous monster created by a mad scientist. The monsters appearance was centre on creating life out of dead body parts, sewing the pieces together that left horrid physical scars, and activating him with electricity. The creatures personality, or actions toward society, was displayed as being very calm and compassionate in the novel. He made many attempts to converse with society, but society feared and mistreated... ...survive the cold season. The creature also requested a companion of the opposite sex, so he too could feel love from another instead of total rejection. At the very end of the novel and movie the creature was caught grieving ove r the death of his creator. Even though we are made to think that the creature was cold and destructive, in the end his human emotions prevailed. The Frankenstein movie focused on outward action scenes rather than emotional themes to make it more touristy and entertaining. It also portrayed Victor as a mad scientist engulf in his desire to create human life. I was very impress that the movie did keep some of the good qualities that came from the novel. I enjoyed the novel more, because it gave me the chance to put my imagination to work instead of having to accept someone elses interpretation of Mary Shelleys literary novel.