Frankenstein Is Not the Monster!

Nobody know this story until 1915 when bones of percy was found in a forest in london. sciencetists examinded the bones and found out he was murderd by his beloved mary.
it is about a man called Frankenstein that makes a monster from the dead people and then when the monster gets turn on it looks really ugly and every body thinks it will hurt people but it is really a nice person ---- Frankenstein is a man whom wants to explore science, so he creates a monster out of human corpses. Frankenstein turns his back on his creation, and the bad treatment from humans changes the monster into something full of hatred and pain from his caring and compassionate self, so the monster gets revenge on Frankenstein for not looking after him, and the monster kills all that Frankenstein loves.
In the film, when the creature comes to Frankenstein and asks him to create a partner for
him, he chooses the body of Justine to bring back to life.In the novel Frankenstein destroys the half-made female creature before ever bringing it to life.

-What happens in the film?

-Why do you think Branagh makes these two significant changes?
-How does this affect the way
in which we understand both Frankenstein and the creature? What does this add to the story?

-How does MARY SHELLEY’S FRANKENSTEIN use our expectations of the FRANKENSTEIN
story and in what ways does it surprise us?






For me, the story is less a horror film than a larger than life Gothic fairy tale. It’s full of real
psychological insights about family. It deals with the themes of parenting and responsibility, of
birth and death, of man’s arrogance in the face of nature and his inhumanity to man.

These lines  spoken by the creature to Frankenstein :

‘Unfeeling, heartless creator! You endowed me with perceptions and passions and then cast me
abroad an object for scorn and horror of mankind.. .1 am alone, and miserable; man will not
associate with me; but one as deformed and horrible as myself would not deny herself to me.
The creature created by Frankenstein is often described as a monster. But is he a monster or a
victim? Consider that he is not even given a name?

FRIEND, FAMILY, FATHER

These are the three words that the creature speaks as he hides in the pigsty. Why should these

three words be so important to the creature?

Consider the various friendships, families and father figures that you encounter in the film.

Then consider the ways in which the creature either does or does nor fir into these families,

friendships and parental relationships. What effect does he have on each? Could you say that at any one moment in his life we see him happy? Does he ever gain any of these three things -

friend, family, father?

CREATURE, MONSTER, VICTIM

Having thought about these three key words, are you now in a position to decide which of the

three descriptions of the creature - creature, monster, victim - is the most correct? You could

divide into three groups and each group could attempt to argue one view. You should try to backup your arguments

The monster comes into the world by a pretty terrible set of circumstances. He has the strength of a giant, yet an infant mind. He has a gentle nature, yet his physical defects hide his goodness and make everyone fear and mistreat him. He is rejected by his own creator because of his hideous looks. His feelings are the most deep and moving of any character’s

Now, whether or not you’d like to admit it, you teared up a little bit at that ending. Come on, a little bit. Why is that? Because we, the readers, totally like the monster. He’s a nice guy. He’s compassionate. He’s people-smart. He saves a little girl’s life. He just gets the shaft because he’s ugly. Can we blame him if he lashes out in unexpected and absurdly violent ways?

That’s a good question. Do we blame him? Do we hate him? Do we love him? This sounds like more conflicting emotions. Could it be that we, the reader, feel the same duality of emotions that the monster and Victor feel for each other?