Mary Shelley is a very creative writer, she wrote the 1817 novel Frankenstein. In her story, Victor, the mad scientist, creates a human like creature using electricity (lightning). The “Monster” is illustrated as an eight foot tall, yellow skinned, stitched care bear. Over the years, many people have taken her novel and many countless film adaptations, which is different than her original story.
The first film based off her novel was assembled in 1913 by Universal Pictures. When filming Shelley did not provide enough detail for the directors so they improvised. Victor was happy when the creature came to life , in the novel he ran away in fear. Also in the film, there were a few friends of Victors in the lab, but in Shelley’s novel he was alone his laboratory. Finally, the film showed the creature as fully covered when it was created and the novel he was uncovered completely. (Wale,1913). …show more content…
The film and her novel had the jet black hair and the stitching marks similar. Everything besides that was morphed into a new story. The differences were significantly noticed, in the film the creature was green in complexion when in the novel Shelley described him with a yellow complexion. Shelley also said the creature was eight feet tall, when in the film he was a regular sized man. The film showed him as an evil monster, ready to kill victor and anyone who gets in it’s way. Shelley, in her writing, was completely opposite. He was nice, understanding, and caring.(Warner Bros, 1957).
The final film was constructed in 1974 called, “Young Frankenstein”. This film surprisingly follows Shelley’s writing and is almost exactly like her novel except when the creature comes to life, in the film, Victor is kind and very loving. When in her story he ran away in fear and disbelief.(Venture,
The first film based off her novel was assembled in 1913 by Universal Pictures. When filming Shelley did not provide enough detail for the directors so they improvised. Victor was happy when the creature came to life , in the novel he ran away in fear. Also in the film, there were a few friends of Victors in the lab, but in Shelley’s novel he was alone his laboratory. Finally, the film showed the creature as fully covered when it was created and the novel he was uncovered completely. (Wale,1913). …show more content…
The film and her novel had the jet black hair and the stitching marks similar. Everything besides that was morphed into a new story. The differences were significantly noticed, in the film the creature was green in complexion when in the novel Shelley described him with a yellow complexion. Shelley also said the creature was eight feet tall, when in the film he was a regular sized man. The film showed him as an evil monster, ready to kill victor and anyone who gets in it’s way. Shelley, in her writing, was completely opposite. He was nice, understanding, and caring.(Warner Bros, 1957).
The final film was constructed in 1974 called, “Young Frankenstein”. This film surprisingly follows Shelley’s writing and is almost exactly like her novel except when the creature comes to life, in the film, Victor is kind and very loving. When in her story he ran away in fear and disbelief.(Venture,