Mary Shelly's Madness In Frankenstein

In Kenneth Branaghs adaptation of Mary Shelly’s gothic horror novel Frankenstein. We follow the story of young Victor Frankenstein a soon to be doctor and his unfortunate journey through madness. This madness is one of not accepting the reality of death. Victor uses his knowledge of the human anatomy to create a creature of very human like qualities. Shelly’s most frighting character Victor scares the audience because of his lacking in human qualities and his ever growing madness and obsession with “playing god” and cheating