In both texts the main characters are very similar they both share the same characteristics and are relatively the same age. They both have a younger sister. They both experience terrifying events.
For example, there are antagonists in both of the stories. But there are many more similarities than that. Similarities In the story “Three Billy Goats Gruff” there are two different countries telling the story. One is Norway, and the other country is Poland/Germany.
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.
Both “Frankenstein” and “The Tempest” have had an insurmountable influence on the way literatures developed. This is largely due to the similar compelling theme of the oppressor and the oppressed, a theme which is widely represented in novels today. The themes and the character relationships are extremely similar to one another. This is conveyed through the relationships between Dr. Frankenstein and his creature, as well as the relationship between Prospero and Caliban.
Although there are many differences between the two, there are also many similarities. Like how in both the movie and the novel she outsmarts the
Although, they have similarity, the two stories has major differences also. First, both author differs the way they introduce and develop their lead characters to the reader. Second, they also differ in perspective from which their stories are being told. Third, they differs on the choice of settings and how it impact to the stories.
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?
Even though they may have shared some similarities, they also have some differences like the setting of where
Similarities of Frankenstein Over the upcoming pages I am going to explain some similarities of Frankenstein. The first one I would like to talk about is loneliness both the monster and Victor are lonely almost throughout the whole book.
Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein, shows how a character who is portrayed as a tragic hero, in the beginning, can become the monster in the end. Victor and the Monster in Mary Shelley’s captivating novel showed how rival enemies share striking similarities. The similarities between the two tragic characters are driven by their dreary isolation from the secluded world. A large difference is that they were both raised in two completely different environments but understood the meaning of isolation. Physical differences are more noticeable rather than their personalities.
In Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, there are two monsters within the book. The creature kills off many people and causes ruin to both Victor and innocent bystanders, but Victor holds the responsibility for causing this rampage, as he created the creature. Both Victor and the creature are monsters in their own respects and share similarities while holding key differences, but Victor is clearly the bigger monster. Victor and the creature are alike in many ways, and go through similar experiences that help to shape their future personas.
In the novel Frankenstein, the two main characters Victor Frankenstein, and the creature have many similarities. Just like a parent and their child share many interests, so do Victor and the creature. They each share the fate of isolation, have a similar desire for a loving family, and a thirst for knowledge. At the beginning of the novel Victor and the creature were both very different.
Ever wanted to bring back someone that has passed away? Mary Shelley writes a novel called Frankenstein telling about the consequences of messing with life and death. She reveals that there are consequences to this. Victor Frankenstein bring the dead back to life but he can not face what he have created. Victor and his Creature have some similarities and differences which reveal messing with life or death can be dangerous.
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein depicts the remarkable resemblance to the “modern” myth of Prometheus. The intertextuality used to connect these two stories, allow Shelley to bring out the most prominent themes of Power and suffering. As both of the characters deal differently with the struggle to resist the power that comes with creating life, the inevitable end for both characters are the same; they fall at the hands of their own creations. Shelley carefully utilizes the legend of Prometheus to express the connection between punishment and creation.
Neither story has a happy ending, despite the main characters getting the revenge desired. In both stories so many lives are lost, including the main characters of the stories. Even the creature, in Frankenstein, tells the body of Frankenstein that he will be dead soon and vows that he will never lay eyes on another human again.
