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Shelly In Frankenstein

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Understanding the physical appearance of Frankenstein from Shelly’s novel a few notable things that makes the creature essential in being the monster is how it looks. Shelly’s description of the creature is that of one who is assembled from dead body parts put together in making up a sole person or individual. In Frankenstein (1931) it is seen that Henry Frankenstein searches graveyards and assembles from numerous corpses his creation before bringing it to life. It can be said that James Whale sticks to the original story in how the director adapted this process. James Whale’s Frankenstein (1931) features an intimidating monster that is larger then the average men and much bigger in size. Whale’s depiction of the monster is more …show more content…

James Whale’s character Henry Frankenstein has similar personalities to that of Victor Frankenstein as the character is one who isolates himself from world and all those who he knows to continuously pursue his scientific experiments. Frankenstein (1931) can be said to stick to the fundamental nature of the tale as its portrayal of Shelly’s Victor Frankenstein through the character Henry Frankenstein employs similar personality and behaviour that can be found in Shelly’s work. Reading Shelly’s work the creator of the creature is described as student of science who exceled in his studies later turning into a mad man that indulged in darker scientific explorations with the goal of bringing the dead into the living again. …show more content…

Henry Frankenstein outside of living isolated and mad with his scientific breakthrough has a significant other who he is to be married too. In Shelly’s work this significant other is Elizabeth and the development of the story changes when Victor is conflicted with continuing his activity revolved around his creation or marrying Elizabeth. In Frankenstein (1931) Henry Frankenstein creates the creature but is convinced to abandon his work and pursue his love life as he proceeds to marry Elizabeth. The decision to leave his work abruptly would have consequences as this is when the creature is out of Henry’s attention and awareness, and becomes essentially free to roam and do horrible things. By leaving the creature out of his attention as read in Shelly’s work Victor Frankenstein unknowingly unleashes terror into the outside world where his creations murder innocent victims.

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