people?” (Shelley 56) In the beginning, it’s similar to the novel a man creates life from dead tissue. Then the creature escapes and creates havoc among the people. When the monster awakes in the movie, like the book, shows the monster is kind and gentle until he realizes he is not accepted or loved. However, in the book this period of corruption goes into much greater detail.
The human’s reactions to the monster are also very similar. “Everyone starts at the sight of him, runs from his frightening features, or tries to kill him out of fear. In the film, the monster is incapable of speech, and the audience does not have the opportunity to view any thread of humanity within him.”(Frankenstein page 3) Instead of feeling pity, the movies aim is to invoke horror or fear. Specific scenes are also changed. When the monster finds a young girl by the water, instead of saving her like the book, he throws her into the water.
Next is Victor Frankenstein and he is being played by Kenneth Branagh, who is the young scientist, around whose creation the story revolves around .He is the creator of the monster. Kenneth does a good job showing the problems he had growing up and the way his family got in the way of his experiments. From the film, one can see the affection towards his family and his love for experimenting with dead people. The film does show way too much romance and not enough blood and gore.
Henena Bonham Carter is Elizabeth. Henena does a well job of portraying Elizabeth. She does show the affection she has towards Victor, the picture that she creates is exactly as it is from the novel. “A band of angry men attempt to hunt down the monster after Elizabeth is attacked” (My Hideous Progeny), and she does a good act of showing the fear. When Victors experiment threatens his relationship with Elizabeth and threatens his own health, Frankenstein abandons the work, all but convinced that the abomination he created would perish on its own. Helena Bonham was splendid as Elizabeth; she was like the refreshing breeze in the movie which could decrease the intensity of the bloody scenes.
The movie and film had some similarities and differences. The creature who is played by Robert is basically the same as he appears on a readers mind after reading the novel. Kenneth plays Frankenstein and its quiet similar to the novel except there is too much drama.
Henena is Elizabeth and her parts in the film have made situation they are now. The film and novel are very similar except little parts that can’t be noticed unless close attention is given.
Works Cited
Shelly,Mary. “Frankenstein”. December, 1981. Blackstone Audiobooks
Frankenstein. Kenneth Branagh.Columbia/Tristar Studios.2004
My Hideous Progeny:
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Frankenstein
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