Frankenstein And Phantom Comparison

This representation of the Phantom character goes beyond the simple makeup and facial expression. The film portrays the Phantom as a creature, skulking and hanging out about in the shadows, but it is his pursuit of Christine, the beauty, that allows audiences the chance to look beyond the horror to the soul within. “The draw of antiheroes does not simply override such hideousness but partly stems from the fascination that it prompts-the immoral actions of these characters create viewer intrigue,” (Mittell 145). Over the course of the film, it is evident that the interpretation from Leroux’s original material shows this deformed anti-hero, the Phantom, to act in such desperation from a society whose compassion only runs skin deep. Another film by Universal Studios, Frankenstein (1931), represents one of the most iconic of the monstrous characters in both literature and film, the monster of Dr. Frankenstein. This monster, still unnamed

The actions of this Phantom have dropped the veneer of ostracized monster into the sultry power of the antihero, whose actions to win his beloved Christine, have transformed from a man searching for acceptance when all outcast him for his face, to a more violent character, who murders as a child, and continues to murder for power within his realm of the opera house. Much more confident that other Phantom characters have yet to inhabit, the 2004 film shows an extremely confident genius, whose face is a simple impediment to be covered by a mask, only revealing himself to Christine when he forces her to make the choice between himself, and another rival. As one can see the evolution of this character, it is easy to see how the more handsome the monster may be, it is become necessary to make the monster act more violently in order to still be termed monstrous, with a charming