Frankenstein Book Vs Movie Analysis
James Whale once said, “I've spent much of my life outrunning the past, and now it floods all over me”. This quote resembles the character Victor in the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Victor Frankenstein runs from all of his problems until he ends up with terrible consequences. James Whale, the film director for the movie phenomenon Frankenstein was not only an artist, but also a man who had a vision. The movie Frankenstein is based off Mary Shelley’s work of art, Frankenstein. After 85 years, the movie Frankenstein is still greatly appreciated, it implies a society we know nothing about and have a strange curiosity towards. James Whale is truly a genius for creating Frankenstein the film because he put an immense amount of effort into
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The novel and film have similarities, but many differences. The movie and book both take place in the same time era and have the same idea of a dangerous monster. Other than those similarities everything else is quite different. According to Julie Dellal, se states “In the novel, Shelley’s use of multiple narrators allow a diversity of perspectives to emerge. The first was to explain John Walton, in the form of letters to his sister; then the monsters creator, Victor Frankenstein and The Monster himself, in alternating roles of the pursuer and the pursued” (page 2-3). Shelley made a backstory for her characters, opposed to the movie. The film jumps into the making of the monster instead of giving hidden traits to characters. Another big difference is the characters. The main character in the book is Victor Frankenstein, but in the movie, his name is Henry. In the film, Henry has an assistant named Fritz, in the novel there is no mention of an assistance. The one character that remained the same was Elizabeth. In the film you can sense more passion from Elizabeth tan in the book. In the article Frankenstein Movie Review it states “Henry begins to recover under Elizabeths adoring care at Castle Frankenstein, away from his laboratory and is all-consuming experiments. Elizabeth replies “Henry you’re not to think of those things anymore. You promised” (page 2). James Whale took Shelley’s ideas and turned them into something very
The novel and film have similarities, but many differences. The movie and book both take place in the same time era and have the same idea of a dangerous monster. Other than those similarities everything else is quite different. According to Julie Dellal, se states “In the novel, Shelley’s use of multiple narrators allow a diversity of perspectives to emerge. The first was to explain John Walton, in the form of letters to his sister; then the monsters creator, Victor Frankenstein and The Monster himself, in alternating roles of the pursuer and the pursued” (page 2-3). Shelley made a backstory for her characters, opposed to the movie. The film jumps into the making of the monster instead of giving hidden traits to characters. Another big difference is the characters. The main character in the book is Victor Frankenstein, but in the movie, his name is Henry. In the film, Henry has an assistant named Fritz, in the novel there is no mention of an assistance. The one character that remained the same was Elizabeth. In the film you can sense more passion from Elizabeth tan in the book. In the article Frankenstein Movie Review it states “Henry begins to recover under Elizabeths adoring care at Castle Frankenstein, away from his laboratory and is all-consuming experiments. Elizabeth replies “Henry you’re not to think of those things anymore. You promised” (page 2). James Whale took Shelley’s ideas and turned them into something very