Frankenstein

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Frankenstein

A comparison of the film "Frankenstein" and the novel by Mary Shelley.

2,935 words () | 5 sources | 2001 United States

Paper Summary:

A look at the depiction of "Frankenstein" in the film "Frankenstein" and how the stories evolved compare to the novel by Mary Shelley . The author compares the way that the characters and the story is told in the film and in the novel and argues that while the spirit of the story is kept throughout the film, vasts parts of the story have been either modified or left out.

From the Paper:

"As early as the first publication of the novel in 1817, the story of Frankenstein, and his hideous monster, already bore the obvious adaptability to theatrical stages. However, it was not until 1910, almost a century later, had the first big screen version of it, produced by Thomas Edison, been presented to the public. Strange enough, in contrast to the debut of Frankenstein in the early nineteenth century, Edison company's motion picture debut did not leave much impression on the audience. Twenty-one years after, nevertheless, a second try by James Whale from the Universal Studio unexpectedly percussed an overwhelmingly triumphant drumbeat, which rendered the second motion picture Frankenstein the most widely known representative of Mary Shelley's original work - as evident that the image of Boris Karloff in the flat-head monster mask with bolts in his neck and in undersized clothes has become part of popular culture today."