Compare And Contrast Essay On Frankenstein

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There are many renditions of the beloved gothic novel Frankenstein, all of which deepen the audience's sympathy and understanding towards the relationships developed between the characters and their fates. In one adaptation, Frankenstein (2004), Mary Shelley's ideas about human nature are interpreted more expressively; showing the audience the entangled lives of a creator and his creation. The film's director, Kevin Connor, skillfully manipulates the way the sectors see the relationships between creature and society, Master and creation, and abandoned relationships The creature is appalled that society needs laws to prevent humans from committing unforgivable atrocities until he strangles the life out of an innocent. The creature threatens …show more content…

The analogy between the characters shows how, like a mirror, Victor and his creature can represent the same biblical characters. They both play God, in how Victor reanimates life and in how the creature decides Victor's fate. Or how they both, like Adam, used to be innocent. While reanimating the dead Victor thinks about the relationship they will have, “A new species would bless me as its creator and source; many happy and excellent natures would owe their being to me”(chapter 4). Victor understands that the relationship he is creating will be a closer bond than father and son, and yet he still abandons the experiment. Refusing to apologize for the grief his actions have caused makes tension and the creature want for disaster and suffering. In the film, each of the characters have different characteristics and personalities (Connor Frankenstein). These differences allow the audience to make clear distinctions between master and creation, not only by the actions they commit, but also their opposing feelings for one another ( the creature wanting a father and Victor thinking the monster cannot comprehend significant human emotions). The damned creature craves a blissful life where he is essential; the film portrays the emotional side of this, unlike the book which focuses on how human nature demands for one to be