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Branagh's Creation In Frankenstein

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Although Shelley’s Victor abandons his creation because of horror, shame, and disappointment, Branagh’s Victor tries to help the Creature before realizing he is dead and leaving him behind. Because he is overly conceited, this scientist expects to create a being that reflects his perfection. However, he is horrified and disgusted when he realizes that his creation is different from what he has envisioned (Shelley 35). Indeed, the Creature, instead of being beautiful, has a “yellow skin [that] scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath . . . watery eyes . . . and straight black lips” (Shelley 35). Additionally, Frankenstein is filled with embarrassment because he has put his heart and soul into the completion of his project,
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