The Effects of Science--Mary Shelly
Frankenstein by Mary Shelly is a great novel that envelops the destructive knowledge of man. The novel explores the beginning of life and its dire consequences of death. It shows the dreaded outcomes of obsessive mastermind, Victor Frankenstein, and his devastating creation. The novel glistens romantically and screams horrifically. Mary Shelly allows for her generation of writers to understand that just as other things in life have opposites so does Romanticism which gave birth to Gothicism. In the film adaptation of the novel, the same elements are portrayed. With the aid of the film, one is able to see the monstrosity of Victor and his creature instead of only imagining. The film, Mary Shelly's Frankenstein, allows for a more compelling perception of the insanity of Victor Frankenstein and his obsessive need to create life. In the film, many scenes are full of colors, atmospheres and music that foster the elements of Romanticism. The Romantic themes in the film used bright, pastoral settings to showcase a cheerful yet fulfilling tone throughout the film. The Frankenstein mansion is beautifully designed with a blazing red and shimmering gold as the colors. The house is overlaid on a beautiful
green landscape with soaring trees into a majestical blue sky. Victor's going away party to Ingelstadt was Romantic with charming music and happy dancing. In this scene, there is pure joy and excitement and everyone is having fun. Another scene is when Victor, Elizabeth, Justine, and William are playing carelessly on the mountain. Everyone one is laughing and smiling and the atmosphere is relaxing with a dazzling blue sky. A simple yet still Romantic scene is the marriage of Victor and Elizabeth-it is pure and full of love. There are simple peaceful colors of white that make it look heavenly. The Romantic scenes in the film are drenched with many radiant colors (red, blue, yellow, orange), pastoral settings, and joyful moods. In the film, Victor Frankenstein is a very disturbed character that shows both romantic and gothic elements. Victor is too involved with his self. He has a quenching thirst for knowledge and achieving academic excellence through that of science. Victor wants to create man. This outlandish adventure ultimately leads Victor into a wrong path. Creating life is very supernatural as it is inexplicable in terms of natural laws yet Victor continues to dabble with science and creates a hideous being of foreign body parts and strange chemicals. Victor greatly values his experience to create man and to become Godlike. He is truly obsessed with the need to create life. In the film, life is not considered to be created by God but by Victor. Victor is fanatical about life and he hates death-especially the death of his mother. She too was able to create life, and crazily it compels Victor even more and he becomes quite envious. He is so enraged on creating life that he doesn't care about the consequences of creating a monster and leashing it into society. More than anything, Victor desires to have power
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