What does director Tim Burton’s Edward Scissorhands and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1994), directed by Kenneth Branagh, have in common— a mutual underlying story; but their differences are what makes their tales all the more special. Edward Scissorhands is a retelling of Frankenstein, but with a slight twist. In Edward’s case instead of lacking companionship like Frankenstein’s monster, he lacks hands; and is received rather well by the surrounding community. Ironically, in both tales the characters share the same desire to be love; this ignites the question – why do humans want to be love? Are we only important as we are loved? Fortunately, Tim Burton touched basis on that intricate part of the underlying story. Although Edward Scissorhands is not a science fiction narrative in the way Frankenstein traditionally regarded it still shares the same theme and narrative elements. A scientist assembles an animated human being – the kind Edward. The scientist dies before he can finish assembling his creation leaving Edward instead he uses long sharp scissor blades instead of proper hands. A saleswoman Peg discovers Edward alone in the dark castle and brings him down into the suburban neighborhood. There he meets Peg’s daughter and falls in love. …show more content…
In both Edward Scissorhands and Frankenstein, the creations of life were both made by man. They are both scientists who defy the natural laws of God and the universe in an effort to create life. In each story there is little scientific detail; the focus instead is on the consequences of playing God. The creation of life is almost universally known to be reserved for the gods or to nature. In both movies, the creators break this unspoken law but the consequences are very different in comparison. Victor believed that he was doing a greater good for humankind when created the monster. In the original book Victor
The story Frankenstein by Mary Shelley has been molded and shaped to create many different types of story plots and characters. There are many different types of media that relate back to the original but then add their own little twist into the mix. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a story about a scientist who created another human being, who he then abandons, and now the monster is getting revenge on Frankenstein by inflict havoc on his family. An example of this would be the movie Marvel’s The Avengers: Age of Ultron and the relationship between Ultron and his main creator Tony Stark.
To begin, in the first story "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley it is about the Dr. Frankenstein who is creating his monster. This passage is Frankenstein talking to another person about the creation, but not fully telling him what he has made. This creation is a breakthrough in the science world in this quote it shows how he thinks this is a major break through, "After days and nights of incredible labor and fatigue, I succeeded in discovering the cause of generation and life; nay, more, I became myself capable of bestowing animation upon lifeless
Compare and Contrasting Two Monster Stories A monster is a mythical creature with a ferocious physical appearance; it can either be partly animal and partly human. Examples of monster stories are Grendel and Frankenstein. Frankenstein is a story written by Mary Shelley.
In the film “The Curse of Frankenstein”Victor Frankenstein was different from the character in Shelley’s novel. He was not as bad as the he was in the film. He did not focus on killing people to achieve his goal. The only close similarity to the original story is the monster with ugly and horrible appearance. Frankenstein the monster awakes from the moment was found to be very aggressive and evil.
From this we can tell that this is a difference between Frankenstein and Edward
Ever wanted to bring back someone that has passed away? Mary Shelley writes a novel called Frankenstein telling about the consequences of messing with life and death. She reveals that there are consequences to this. Victor Frankenstein bring the dead back to life but he can not face what he have created. Victor and his Creature have some similarities and differences which reveal messing with life or death can be dangerous.
Grendel in the novel is very different from the monster in Frankenstein because Grendel wants to and enjoys to humiliate and kill people, the monster in Frankenstein wants to be able to socialize with people without them getting frightened by his appearance. They are alike because they are both alone, they both frighten people with their looks, and they are not welcome in the human world. Grendel in the novel knows he is a fright to people, he is danger. He doesn’t seem to have a problem with that, but at the same time is not proud of it, either. He does like the pain of others, preferably king Hrothgar and his men.
“I had desired it with an ardour that far exceeded moderation; but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart.” Shelley would have seen scientific progress as possibly good at first, but when it is realized what was created, it would have been seen as extremely bad. This is the case with Frankenstein where he devotes an abundant amount of time constructing the monster,
Frankenstein is all about a “mad scientist” obsessed with the sciences of the world. The scientist, Victor Frankenstein, wanted to bring life to non-living things. He wanted to “play God” you could say. Doing so, he robbed graves and cemeteries to round up many different body parts to create a living creature. A person.
Today’s world of science is considerably different than it has been in the past. In a world with 3D printing and humanoids coming to life, one would never have expected to be in a world where none of this was possible. In Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, the reader is introduced to a character that battles with his scientific successes and his morals as he comes to terms with what he’s done in both realms. Shelley utilizes Frankenstein to provide an almost uncanny resemblance to what goes on in the science realm today and her stances on both sides. Before diving into the scientific successes and morality issues that Frankenstein fought with, the difference between scientific standards of 1818, when Frankenstein was published, and today’s world should be touched.
Victor Frankenstein’s careless planning, and disregard for the safety of his creation lead to injury, and
“It’s alive! It’s alive!” When people think of Frankenstein, they usually jump immediately to the scene of creation and think of two things: 1) a big green monster with bolts screwed into his head and 2) Dr. Frankenstein’s exaltation and genuine excitement over creating his perfect masterpiece. However, in Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein, the “infamous” scene of creation appears in only one paragraph and Frankenstein feels something more akin to anguish rather than joy. In this way, Mary Shelley exemplifies how creation is actually an act of suffering.
The novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is a masterpiece that explores the fascination of creating human life from nothing. Since this book was published in 1818, there have been many different recreations of the story throughout these past centuries. The movie Victor Frankenstein directed by Paul McGuigan is one recreation made in 2015 that has an interesting take on the characters in Shelley’s story. (Thesis). In the novel and in the film, there are many differences in the character, Dr. Victor Frankenstein.
Movie(s): FRANKENSTEIN 1994: adapted from the book itself; In the book: • Through his own studies and experiments, Victor Frankenstein develops a secret way of artificially creating life. • The details as to how Victor creates the creature's body parts are left unknown. • Victor uses an unkown process to create what would have been the monster's bride, which he destroys before bringing to life.
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein depicts the remarkable resemblance to the “modern” myth of Prometheus. The intertextuality used to connect these two stories, allow Shelley to bring out the most prominent themes of Power and suffering. As both of the characters deal differently with the struggle to resist the power that comes with creating life, the inevitable end for both characters are the same; they fall at the hands of their own creations. Shelley carefully utilizes the legend of Prometheus to express the connection between punishment and creation.