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Monster Influence On Frankenstein

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You run from them, wheel in terror and dream about them only in nightmares— this is the core of what the word monster is all about. Through story telling monsters have had a great impact on what we believe in, are scared of and how it has influences people. By using literature, history and later on the big screen too, monsters have been used to demonize and discharge beings that exist outside of a normal household—something that is the complete opposite of us. Going into depth and discussing how limitations for what a monster can or cannot be have been dismissed and have been rethought through the steady modern interpretation through screenwriters and directors. The original monsters such as Dracula, Werewolf, and Zombies have taken on new …show more content…

An article written by Games Radar reflects on this by quoting that Schumacher says, "Vampires are hot,” he says. “They’re the only erotic monster. Frankenstein’s not hot." With this conceptualized foundation for vampires the new attractive vampire stuck and went on to influence many more remakes of the monsters in Vampire Diaries, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and more. The teenage girl aimed movie series Twilight then released and depicted vampires as being more sulky than scary. Vampires are being seen as more in touch with their feelings—like not wanting to behave like a vampire; killing to drink blood, going to school and not whimpering from the sunlight, having relationships etc. In an article written by the Irish Examiner, Dr. Magdalena Grabias says that vampires are, "they're looking for love, expressing a romantic need to find a soulmate in a better world, trying to find their way in the human universe and trying to oppose their own demonic natures by fighting hard to overcome their demonic natures." While old school vampires such as Dracula, "were unashamed blood-suckers, who were never afraid to kill and never concerned themselves with such human ‘nonsense’ as morals and ethics, a repulsive supernatural creation, ugly, dangerous, completely alien, decrepit, deformed and with long

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How do Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Tim Burton’s Edward Scissorhands use language features, stylistic features and conventions to explore the theme of difference? Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein was published in 1818. The story focuses on a scientist named Victor Frankenstein and a creature brought to life through electrical currents, a popular idea at the time called galvanism. The second text, Tim Burton’s Edward Scissorhands was released in 1990 and focuses on an artificial being called Edward who has scissors for hands.

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It is clear by analysing these stories that both protagonists were first abandoned by their creator and then once again by society. Shelley and Burton both effectively incorporated the techniques of setting and mood to portray moments of abandonment in both Edward and the monster’s lives. Consistent within various chapters of the Frankenstein novel, are scenes of the monster wandering around alone in different environments, portraying him to be a creature disregarded and abandoned by society. The diverse use of both change in setting, and mood of language, effectively displays the moments of abandonment that the monster is experiencing and hence allows the audience tio sympathise with his emotions.

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How does Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Tim Burton’s Edward Scissorhands utilise characterisation, imagery and foreshadowing to demonstrate the theme of abandonment and its consequences? Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Tim Burton’s Edward Scissorhands both explore the ideas of being misunderstood and rejected by society. Through his curiosity in the field of science, Victor Frankenstein envisions the creation of a being, not knowing what it would later become as a result of his neglect and lack of care towards it. Victor’s passion for science and his ambition to create his ‘monster’ causes him to feel guilt and regret, eventually resulting in his demise. On the other hand, Edward Scissorhands experienced a positive upbringing, with his creator

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Also, when the three female vampires appear before Jonathan, he characterizes them to have “dark, piercing eyes” and “ruby [red]” lips, which conveys that they are also among the evil in Dracula (Stoker

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Introduction First published in 1818, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein busted its way into popularity as one of the first science-fiction novels. As Shelley trudged her way into the literary canon, Frankenstein’s preliminary success was surpassed by a wave of Frankenstein-esque characters. Shelley’s great influence and success caused a whirlwind of Frankenstein references throughout pop culture. The many allusions to Frankenstein in pop culture arguably molded the text into a cult classic; inevitably making it’s mark on literature and the arts for centuries. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein influenced and inspired numerous beloved characters, portrayals, and adaptations in America’s pop culture.

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Vampires are a classic and incredibly versatile kind of monster across all kinds of media, certainly not just limited to videogames. A big part of that undoubtedly stems from how many cultures around the world have variations on the vampire present in their folklore – usually in the form of some sort of otherworldly something that swoops in and saps the life force of humans and/or animals before slipping off into the night when they've finished. Sometimes these beings are little more than monstrous animals, sometimes they're overdramatic goth fashion plates, and sometimes they're just regular people who like to chill out with a bloody mary every now and then. You can find a pretty diverse range of vampires in games of course. Maybe too diverse,

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In Jeffrey Jerome Cohen’s Monster Culture (Seven Thesis), Cohen analyzes the psychology behind monsters and how, rather than being a monstrous beast for the protagonist of the story to play against, “the monster signifies something other than itself”. Cohen makes the claim that by analyzing monsters in mythology and stories, you can learn much about the culture that gave rise to them. In Thesis 1 of Monster Culture, Cohen proposes that “the monster’s body literally incorporates fear, desire, anxiety, and fantasy”, specifically the fear, desire and anxiety of the cultures that gave rise to it; for example, vampires, undead, represent a fear of death. Monsters are born of an intense fear, desire, or internal conflict, “at this metaphorical

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The four pieces of literature to be compared in this comparison are Dracula by Bram Stoker, Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992) by Francis Ford Coppola, Nosferatu (1922) by F.W. Murnau, and Dracula (1931) by Tod Browning. In these works of fiction, there are answers to what it would have felt like to be a vampire, what it would have felt like to have a vampire in one’s life,

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In both stories vampires are looked down upon by normal society, in Twilight people refuse to believe in vampires while in Dracula people are shook when one says

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Numerous research has concluded that several emotional bonds exist between humanity and nature that can impact everything from attitude to anxiety. Novels of the romanticism period, a significant literary era that encompassed most European works written in the early 1800’s, are most known for describing the impacts that nature has on people and implying that unexpected consequences can arise out of this relationship; Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a prime example of such a novel. The prime conflict of this 1818 science-fiction story occurs between the titular character, Victor Frankenstein, and a monster he creates through his own scientific innovations. Because of Victor’s abandonment of the monster, it becomes intent on destroying the scientist’s

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Danijela Akrapovic ENGL 1104-70 John Berke Chapter 8 questions 2/2/2018 Vampires Never Die Questions on Meaning 1. “With “The vampire” Polidori gave birth to the two main branches of vampiric fiction: the vampire as a romantic hero, and the vampire as a undead monster (Del Toro and Hogan, par.4). I believe, del Toro and Hogan wrote this essay because they wanted to give details of how vampires are made and analyze the motivation behind why they never die. Their purpose was to also draw comparisons on how these two-vampire fictions are similar in the myth and philosophy with angels. They likewise demonstrate how science has an extensive influence in what vampires are viewed as.

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Frankenstein and his monster begin with opposite lives: Frankenstein has everything and the monster has nothing. However, in creating the monster, Frankenstein’s life and feelings begin to parallel that of the monster’s life. Frankenstein is incredibly intelligent with a fascination for science, but ultimately his thirst for knowledge leads to his undoing. Similarly the monster is determined to understand the society around him. But once he does, he understands that he will never be able to find companionship, which leads him to pain and anger.

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What does director Tim Burton’s Edward Scissorhands and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1994), directed by Kenneth Branagh, have in common— a mutual underlying story; but their differences are what makes their tales all the more special. Edward Scissorhands is a retelling of Frankenstein, but with a slight twist. In Edward’s case instead of lacking companionship like Frankenstein’s monster, he lacks hands; and is received rather well by the surrounding community. Ironically, in both tales the characters share the same desire to be love; this ignites the question – why do humans want to be love? Are we only important as we are loved?

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Also they do not sleep in the coffin or burn in the sunlight. 'Twilight ' blood suckers do not sleep, in the sunlight they shine like diamonds. These characters seem to be normal forever young teens with bizarre feeding habits. In the same time Dracula is presented with some super powers as hypnosis, telepathy, shape shifting (when he changed into a wolf) and super strength. In the opposite to the ‘Twilight’ vamps Dracula has more then call of blood problems, he is sensitive to garlic, holy water, stakes and crucifixes.

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The essay “Vampires Never Die” By Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan tells vampires historical, scientific and literature roots. They have the historical beginning of vampires. Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan also go through the literature history of vampires. The historical roots are far and deep.

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