In Philip Pullman’s adaptation of Mary Shelley's ‘Frankenstein’ the audience is encouraged to feel more sympathy for Frankenstein over the Monster. Pullman wants the audience to feel for Frankenstein because he has no family or friends to support him this causes him to be lonely. He also had to change the rest of his life around the monster with nobody there for him.
In Act One when the audience first meet Frankenstein they learn that he has been lonely for quite some time with his research. This demonstrated when Elizabeth asks Frankenstein “Why don't you answer my letters” this tells us that Frankenstein has been isolating himself from the outside world for who knows how long with his work, he has isolated himself from his family and friends. Frankenstein also says himself that he as been lonely for at least six years: ‘You've no idea how lonely it's been… I’ve been working at this for six years now six years!’ This is said when Frankenstein is showing Clerval the anatomy of the moving hand, this backs up the fact that Frankenstein has spent whole 6 years working on this science project and he has definitely been lonely.
We also learnt in “Frankenstein” that Frankenstein no longer has any family. At the start of …show more content…
We meet Frankenstein's cousin Elizabeth who has come to tell him that his Father is ‘very ill’. Elizabeth is later killed by the Monster, Frankenstein tries to stop the Monster but does not succeed as the play said “Put her down don’t do it- The Monster, with horrible snarls of rage strangles her and drops her lifeless onto the floor, then stands laughing.” Something that both of these murders have in common is that the Monster does not feel bad at all by killing these innocent people because of his laughter after he commits the crime. These were Frankensteins only living family members. So now the Monster has left him to be lonely with any family for
In Act One when the audience first meet Frankenstein they learn that he has been lonely for quite some time with his research. This demonstrated when Elizabeth asks Frankenstein “Why don't you answer my letters” this tells us that Frankenstein has been isolating himself from the outside world for who knows how long with his work, he has isolated himself from his family and friends. Frankenstein also says himself that he as been lonely for at least six years: ‘You've no idea how lonely it's been… I’ve been working at this for six years now six years!’ This is said when Frankenstein is showing Clerval the anatomy of the moving hand, this backs up the fact that Frankenstein has spent whole 6 years working on this science project and he has definitely been lonely.
We also learnt in “Frankenstein” that Frankenstein no longer has any family. At the start of …show more content…
We meet Frankenstein's cousin Elizabeth who has come to tell him that his Father is ‘very ill’. Elizabeth is later killed by the Monster, Frankenstein tries to stop the Monster but does not succeed as the play said “Put her down don’t do it- The Monster, with horrible snarls of rage strangles her and drops her lifeless onto the floor, then stands laughing.” Something that both of these murders have in common is that the Monster does not feel bad at all by killing these innocent people because of his laughter after he commits the crime. These were Frankensteins only living family members. So now the Monster has left him to be lonely with any family for