Frankenstein Book Vs Movie

Controversy about the relationship between books and film in adaptations have been going for dozens of years, many people believe adaptations are great in a sense that they provide an innovative and entertaining way to educate people, they condense epic novels into few hours films and yet they are able to express the main ideas and themes accurately. On the contrary, some people believe adaptations are restricting the innovation in the film industry. They believe film is its own creative art form and adapting others’ work into film stifles the creativity and prevents original work from being produced. In order to understand the relationship between books and film in adaptations, it is important to understand the history of adaptations and background

Frankenstein has a mind of a scientist and he is driven by curiosity about nature. He travels to England to take science courses. He gets obsessed with the idea of discovering the mysteries of life and death, and that is when he has the audacious idea which is bringing death back to life by using his knowledge of electricity and biology. Frankenstein has successfully created a living creature, but the physical appearance of the monster is not as expected by his creator, so he decides to abandon him and go back home. Afterward, the story is narrated by the Monster’s point of view. The Monster learns that people are afraid of his appearance, so he finds refuge at a poor family’s house. He hides there so that they would not notice his presence. He keeps himself alive by stealing food from them. Also, he makes friend with a blind man in that family. However, the family finds out about his existence and decide to abandon the place. Rage and sadness occupy his mind, he decides to make his creator pay for abandoning him by ruining his life and killing people who are close to

The monster proposes to Victor that he would stop doing harmful things and flees the country only if he agrees to create a companion for the monster. Victor decides to create a female monster, but when he is about to finish his job, he realizes the severe consequences if the monster breaks his promise. So Victor abandons his project, but he does not know that mistrust and doubt have planted a seed of disaster. Monster decides to make Victor taste the pain and loneliness he has been through by killing his bride during his wedding day. Angry, bitter and tearful, Victor travels to the north pole and tries to kill the monster before he causes more tragedies and that is when he meets Walton. The story connects to the beginning scene, Victor dies soon after he tells his story. Monster commits suicide after he learns that his creator is dead.The adaptation Mary’s Frankenstein had expressed most of the themes in the novel accurately, for example, appearance versus reality, when the monster is spotted by the poor family, they are terrified by his abnormal appearance despite he has helped the blind man in various ways. The movie had also explored the theme of revenge, in both movie and novel, the monster is furious by his creator irresponsible abandonment and decides to ruin his life. Furthermore, the movie and novel both develop the story to the same climax which is monster kills Victor’s wife during their wedding day. However, the