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What comes to mind when you hear the word Frankenstein? Well you are probably thinking a monster that is big and green. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is actually nothing like the monster you are thinking of. Frankenstein is a science fiction novel and was written in only 7 months. After reading the book, we watched the old movie of Frankenstein. There are a lot of differences between the two. The old movie is nothing like the Frankenstein book. The book started out slow with Walton’s letters. The book takes place in Geneva and Ingolstadt where Victor goes to school. Victor’s family is from Geneva. There are several characters throughout the book: Victor, Alphonse, Caroline, Elizabeth, William, Creature, Walton, Justine, and the DeLacy family. …show more content…

Victor comes up with this idea of creating a creature so he could bring his dead mom back. No one knows about the Creature and it takes Victor two years to create him. The creature wanted Victor to make him a companion and if he did not follow through then the creature said something bad will happen on his wedding night. Caroline wanted Victor and Elizabeth to get married. That was her only wish before she died. Elizabeth is Victor’s adopted sister. They got married and the night of the wedding, Victor hears a scream and runs up to the bedroom where he sees Elizabeth strung over the bed dead. The Creature also knows how to talk and communicate. He is also self taught just like Victor. In the old movie the creature gets Elizabeth but does not kill her. The movie also names Henry as Victor and Victor as Henry. Instead of no one knowing about the Creature everyone knows the Creature is being created. The Creature does not talk and he does end up killing a little girl named Maria by throwing her in the pond. Everyone is mad at the Creature for killing an innocent little girl. In the book, he actually saves Maria from drowning but gets shot afterwards. No one liked the Creature because of his

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This causes Victor to go home to reconnect with his future wife Elizabeth. But on the night of their wedding, he murders Elizabeth leaving Victor alone having to face the consequences of his murderous creation (189). Victor has to face mental consequences from his creation such as grief. His grief ultimately drives him to desire revenge, in the form of murdering the creature. Victor makes it his life’s mission to seek his revenge and this can be shown by Victor pursuing “him for many months'' (196).

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Even though the movie is based off of the book written by Mary Shelly, there are more than a few differences between the two. One of the more distinct of them, is the naming of the characters, “Dr. Frankenstein 's first name is Henry, while his best friend 's name is Victor Moritz. In the novel, the doctor 's name is Victor Frankenstein, while his best friend is Henry Clerval” (Trivia). This can be confusing to those who watched the movie first, before reading the book. In addition, the doctor’s father’s name is Alphonse and not Baron.

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In the movie, the creature kills Fritz and tries to kill Frankenstein. The creature does not kill Elizabeth in the movie but does in the book on their wedding night. During the movie, William, Justine, nor Walton were portrayed. The setting in the book took place in Ingolstadt and the movie took place in Golstadt. Also, Frankenstein did not try to keep his creation a secret in the movie like he did in the book.

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Victor is terrified of his creation and that he has created something that has the potential to kill. Victor is the creator of this hideous Creature, but at this point, the Creature is the master. The Creature begins killing those closest to him, which makes Victor very sick at the thought that he indirectly was the killer. Victor was unable to stop the Creature from committing these horrible acts of violence, which proves how out of control he was in this situation. The Creature offered to leave Victor and his loved ones alone if he completed one simple task, make him a female companion.

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The creature has promised he will find Victor and seek out his revenge on Victor’s wedding day. Victor’s trepidation sadly makes unable to save Elizabeth, the one he felt the most love for. Victor loved her since a very young age

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