Therefore if you met a very good looking person in the street you will automatically want to get to know them and think there great. This is where humans make a big mistake because not everything is about looks it is mainly to do with the personality of them and that is what counts. This is where humans judge a book by its cover and don’t give a chance on what is on the inside, as the inside is what counts most in life and not the appearance of a person.
In the original play there was an old man instead of what is now Agathe; Pullman changed this in his version of Frankenstein to a young blind girl. Also he changed it so that the audience will feel sorry for her and also to make us see all the good things in life.
This makes us think why Agathe is too perfect for the play!! But the real reason why Agathe is in the play to prove that not everything in life is as easy as it seems, and that there are always obstacles to overcome in life.
Frankenstein is more human than Agathe because she is blind also she can’t people by appearance so she has to go with instinct and judge on personality.
Frankenstein has two sides to him he has a good side and a bad side this is something Agathe doesn’t have as she only has a good side to her and never looks at things in a bad way. She will never judge on appearance and will never judge things badly she will always have a good solution to a problem in life.
Another reason why she is used in the play is to make us see how it is to be in a situation where only one person understands where you are in life. By her being able to do this it shows how a person can change the way they act when they have a friend.
She also makes us change the way we feel about the monster and how an opinion can change so easily when you look and act differently with someone.
The play wouldn’t be the same without Agathe because the main reason why she is in the play is to make us think and feel that he is good and friendly and means no harm. This shows how one character can change the audience’s opinion in just a short period of time.
By Agathe knowing where everything is in the cottage and also her general knowledge in life shows that she has the ability of a normal human being, and that even though she is blind she is capable of overcoming the problems in life and dealing with them head on.
She also shows that she always thinks positive towards life and that she knows the grass is greener on the other side.
I wouldn’t adjust anything about her in the play because to her it doesn’t matter to her what she is or what she looks like but just that she is able to cope with her style of living.
However I would give her roughed up clothes and hair as she does live in the forest and it is a tough way of living. In my opinion this would not have an effect on the audience as they don’t need to take an interest about what she looks like because it’s not the way she looks in the play it’s about how she acts towards other.
In the past by letting all the servants do everything for her it shows that she was able to change her way of living and come through strong, it also shows that Agathe and Felix are capable to be responsible for them after everything that they have been through.
I don’t feel at all sorry for Agathe because everyone in life has to be able to cope without the help of others. I don’t think I would prefer Agathe as a friend because she has one side to her and that could really wind me up the fact that she is too perfect to be true.
If she was to think about being a friend she would really need to change her personality so it isn’t as fake as it is and needs to have two sides to her and not just one.
She is fairly intelligent but she needs to open up more and take a look around at how everybody else’s personalities are and change her so she isn’t as much of an outcast as she is.
Agathe is used as a dramatic irony tool in the play. So when she says “who’s going to attack me,” and “I feel safe here.” She says these to make us think that if she says them then we know that something is bound to go wrong.
The audience already know that the monster is near and in the same room as her, so she uses a dramatic irony tool to tell the audience what is about to happen.
She recalls these things so often to paint a picture in our heads of what usually happens in a normal day in the cottage. Plus it is also to let us know that by her using these comments then it shows and tells us that something bad is about to happen to her and lets us the audience prepare for it.
When Agathe looks and hugs the picture of her father she expresses her feeling towards it as she knows that it is the only person she can really talk to easily.
This shows that she can’t express these certain worries and feelings to Felix, as she may think that it could backfire and wouldn’t understand how she feels.
When she asks “are you watching over us Papa?” it shows us that she is feeling lonely and makes the audience want to let her know what is going on around her in the room.
When she says “you wouldn’t leave us on our own” It shows that she must feel helpless in life. It makes the audience feel sorry for her and want to help her get on with life. The audience also feel that without being able to help then that she may be killed by the Monster, which the audience doesn’t want to happen as they already feel sorry for her and don’t want her to get hurt anymore than she already is.
The reason why Agathe trusts the monster and feels his face is because she knows and can understand how he feels. They both lead a similar life; they are both lonely and know how it is to get hatred from others.
People question there well being just because they may look or act differently to others around.
She asks the Monster what his name is because she has clicked and found someone like her who gets isolated for being different to everyone. This just shows that by two people who are being treated different for the same reason can become good friends in a short period of time.
The reason why she says that he must have suffered is because she understands how he must get treated for looking and acting the way he does in life.
She tries to shield him because to her he is her friend and has found someone she can communicate with who has the same problems as her. She doesn’t want to let him go and when the monster pushes her aside it is because he feels the same way about her as she does about him, so he just wants to protect her form hurt and hatred.
More people in the play should have understood and given the Monster a chance because if they did, they would realise that he is a very good guy who just wants to have friends and be compassionate and loving.
Also that because the Monster just wants to get on with life but by them stopping and making him angry all the time, they made him become the person he was in the play.
Agathe’s character helps the play work out by showing that one character alone can change the audience feels about another character. If she wasn’t in the play it wouldn’t be the sane because she makes us change our opinions over the Monster by proving he has a good and friendly side and not just a bad and ugly side.
We do feel sorry for her still but this is only because of what has happened to her in the past and present. Also as she shows the appreciation for the Monster’s well being over and his concern, so by her dong this it makes us want to feel sorry for her.
This is because if she ends up getting hurt then all the work she has done for the Monster will have gone down the drain. This makes the character of Agathe very effective for the play ‘FRANKENSTEIN.’
If she wasn’t effective as much as she is needed in the play, then in my opinion I don’t think that it would have ended as it did.
