The author of Frankenstein, Mary Shelley, was greatly influenced by the Romantic Era. Through gothicism, Shelley uses a combination of mystery and horror and exposes the good and evil sides of human nature. Also, allows the readers to view the outside world and the ideas and opinions through the character’s experience. Tim Burton uses many different devices to establish gothicism in the movie. Mary Shelley use imagery and Tim Burton use color scheme to emphasize light as being pure and dark as being wicked throughout Frankenstein and Edward Scissorhands.
In Frankenstein, Shelley uses imagery to concentrate on the idea of light and dark as goodness and evilness. For example, when Frankenstein was at the lake during the night, “I was often tempted,
In Frankenstein, Shelley uses imagery to concentrate on the idea of light and dark as goodness and evilness. For example, when Frankenstein was at the lake during the night, “I was often tempted,