James Whale

The major theme in Frankenstein based off of the highly complex relationship that the creature and Victor Frankenstein share. This theme and relationship can be compared to other stories such as The Strange Tale of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Both stories include a creator and a creation, though the relationship that the creator and creation share in each book is much different, yet in a way they are similar. Both Frankenstein and The Strange Tale of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde share a common theme.…

In Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”, appearance and exterior beauty are used as methods for determining the superiority, acceptance, and status of an individual of society. Through her characters, Shelley emphasizes the unfortunate importance of beauty in first impressions, the superiority of good-looking individuals, and reliance on outer beauty for pleasure. It’s although inner beauty lacks importance and outer beauty is all that is significant to humanity. We are introduced to several…

Characteristics of Romanticism Examples from Frankenstein 1. 1. An emphasis on imagination as a gateway to transcendent experience and spiritual truth Frankenstein cut himself off from the world and committed himself entirely to an animalistic obsession. 2. 2. A new view of the artist as a supremely individual creator, whose creative spirit is more important than strict adherence to formal rules and traditional procedures Frankenstein develops the desire to attain the godlike power of…

In Frankenstein, society pays a huge role in the way the creator acts, and how society views him differently. Frankenstein’s creature which he has created is yellow-skinned and 8 feet tall, in society no one looks like him. When the creature thought he could socialize with some of the cottagers he found “one of the best of these I entered; but I had hardly placed my foot within the door, before the children shrieked, and no one of the women fainted” (shelly 93). Society back then thought there…

Mary Shelly’s novel Frankenstein contains many supernatural elements and fantastical events. However, in addition to the supernatural fears it introduces, it also brings something even more menacing: the danger in human nature. This genre of science fiction is one basically invented by Mary Shelley in which she explores a direction many would not be familiar with. Although seemingly unrelatable, she ties in the innate desires of humanity and twists it into something evil. Suffering from the…

The novels Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad can be considered commentaries on the themes of discrimination, obsession, exploration, and the result of the lack of understanding and responsibility. Both novels are written in a framed narrative form, comprehensive of the views, thoughts, and values of contrasting characters. Both Shelley's character, Victor Frankenstein, and Conrad's portrayal of European colonists reflect how overruling obsession can result in…

Ordinary world: David Dolf lives in Redline City where a group of kids including himself are separated from the real world. They are raised by an organization where the kids have great combat skills and incredible intelligence. Call to adventure: The organization tests the children’s skills and David got the highest score in intelligence and combat skills. Suddenly attackers appeared and kills David’s close friends, however David was able to escape. Refusal:After the incident David realizes…

Expectation and reality are two different sides of a story. The former could change depending on one’s imagination or vision, but the latter on the other hand remains a fact. The outcome of having high expectations can often be disappointing. This outcome is mainly called the reality, which at times can be cruel. An expectation and its reality are never consistently even. The two sources that I chose to compare and contrast are Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and On Seeing England for the first…

The story of Frankenstein, written by Mary Shelley in 1916, shows Victor Frankenstein and his craving for knowledge and testing the limits of science. Within the text he creates a living being, made up of dead body parts he steals from graves. He planned to create a beautiful being to revolutionise society and was motivated to not allow death after the death of his mother just before his departure to University. The creature however does not live up to what Frankenstein wanted and he rejects the…

Set in the year 2019, with majority of the film taking place in a futuristic Los Angeles, Blade Runner is a movie about a retired police officer Rick Deckard who is the protagonist and a “blade runner”, Blade runners track down bioengineered beings known as replicants and retire them which means destroying them. On the surface the movie seems to be a manhunt movie of the hero chasing down these evil villains who have escaped and are out causing trouble, but from my view it seems to be more about…