25 Nov 2019

Worksheet-Frankenstein-Mary Shelley

 while viewing movie:


Beginning and the ending of the movie:
 While viewing the beginning of the movie and as the movie is moved further through the storm, shown in the movie, where water is forcefully afflicted on ships, people, soil and everywhere around the scene. That gives a  slight thrilling and terrific effect but not in precise way. Beginning is also embarked with water, equally with its respective ending. In commencement of movie it seems as water is naturalised according to the law of nature, it has become a disaster, which perhaps swept away all the respective creatures from the Earth or situated at any other place. We see "fire&ice" in contradiction manner at the end. Where the Monster himself, by going through the water, reaching the funeral pyre of his father and immolate himself with her father, with a touch of a blazing wood and two of them are turned into ashes.

Can we assume here Victor as representing "fire" and Monster as representing "water". As we have seen in movie as well as in novel that: Victor's idea of evolution is very severe and which is only the reason of destroying everything and he himself come to that deserving end. While on the other side we see "Monster" as a form of water. He is originated with humanly form but he doesn't have that shape of emotions, culture and lifestyle as the humans have.

Thus we see here two contradictory effects in respect to movie's beginning and ending. 

Effect of horror in the movie:

Darkness and gloomy atmosphere itself is giving horrific effect. But particularly when his beloved/wife is killed by the Monster and Victor himself endeavors to create a new specimen of "Elizabeth" and when wroughting anatomy of "Justin" that isn't making literally effect on readers/audience, while precisely this act in itself is horrific, but when he tries to cut the "neck portion" of Elizabeth it gives more horrific effect as it makes one feel that how one can thrash his own dear ones, though the reason is anything but at times it seems to be only the act of selfishness, although this selfishness is interpreted as love for Elizabeth.

We may see many similarising scenes as this, but to have an idea of horror, one is at hand to see.


The character of the Monster: 
The character seems to be inferior as it isn't given the deserving identity, which perhaps readers are expecting from "Victor" to attribute. So it has to face many unknown/known challenges in his life and as his respective mind isn't shaped as human's minds are shaped. he succumbs to every difficulties and challenges coming in his  life.
For example: His situation when having food among the crowd of the people, he can't say anything in his own defense, and hurls himself to that particular situation, from which he hasn't any way out than to surrender and he does).
As tried often to obtain his identity but as refused from his creator, adds up to his inferiority and inferiority transforms into severe extremity and it turns into brutality and cruelty. At the end we can literally see his love/dependence for his identity from his father but when realized that till now for what he was striving , not gained and now there isn't any possibility so he altogether with his chemical (Galvanism)father burns himself.

Hence in brief the character can be evaluated in such a way.


The conversation between Victor &Monster:

The conversation seems to be "conditional one": When encountered with the emotions of the family, Monster himself realizes his loneliness and carve for a female partner. When read about his own evolution from chemical hands of Victor, he tries to meet him and set a condition(as we know he has already created anarchy in Victor's life, by killing some of his belonging ones) where he places a condition that: "If Victor won't generate/unable to generate female monster, he will kill Elizabeth". While concerning this, he says that he will generate a Female Monster as his companion, but he shouldn't leap/peep into library during ongoing process and if incase it is going to happen, he won't be able to and literally it all result into disaster.

Thus we see a glimpse of conversation, taking place between Monster and Victor.


The replacement and omission of some scenes in movie:

Some scenes are replaced and omitted in the movie as per the producer and the convenience of the movie's time, concerning the movie along with maintaining the balance among all its interconnected scenes.

Perhaps as per these aspects changes have been done.


The appropriate symbols in the movie:

There are many symbols in the movie such as "the contrasting picture of Victor and Christianity" that at one side shows darkness(but peace) particularly where the symbol is situated and at another side shows light(but the character himself as squeezed out from its own experiments). While "fire and water" is also used as symbols, where we may say Victor symbolizes "fire"(who has destroyed everything and also with the same fire, Elizabeth immolate herself at the end) also we see at last, though in Christianity they have "burial system" and Victor himself belongs to Christianity, but he is burnt out at last on a funeral pyre along with his son. While "water" as symbol can be related to fluidity/formless/distortion/continuance that is symbolized in accordance with "Male Monster".

Hence we have many but we are keep it till here and as it provides enough association to the movie, it can be considered as used with appropriation to the movie.

Thankyou!

Source:
Movie screening held in our department-Heenaba Zala Ma'am, and something based on my own understanding, which I have reflected in my answers.

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