Differences And Similarities Between Frankenstein 1931 And 1994

“Comparison of themes from two movies”
Frankenstein 1931 and Frankenstein 1994 For my final essay I chose to compare main themes from movies Frankenstein, released in different periods. First one is from the year 1931 and the other one is from 1994. Both are based on Mary Shelley’s novel “Frankenstein or; The Modern Prometheus”, from 1818. The storyline is generally the same in both movies, but themes differ, due to different release periods. The story is about a scientist, dr. Frankenstein, who dreams of creating artificial life from dead tissue. The creature he creates becomes alive, but is not accepted neither from him, nor from the society, which leads it to become evil and dangerous. The two movies differently deal with the relationship
The main theme is religion. In the beginning, the narrator introduces the theme of creation relating that Dr. Frankenstein wants to create a man after his own image. He wants to destroy and then recreate human life. He thinks he is God, and when the monster moves its hand, he says: “Now I know what it feels like to be God.” It is about god-like power and immortality. At the time when this movie was made, science was still seen by most of the American public as a dangerous philosophy rather than as a rational discipline. It was considered to be a defying divine provenance (mad scientists were always defying taboo areas – attempting to raise the dead, to prolong youth, and so on). In this version there is a wonderful sense of
There are two themes that I consider as worth mentioning. First is the monster’s pitiable and tormented existence, which is caused by Frankenstein’s disregard for the consequences of the things he does. Doctor cares only for himself, puts his experiments before his fiancé, and later when the monster kills her, he brings her back to life, regardless of her feelings on the matter. Second theme is a love theme between Elizabeth and Victor Frankenstein. His seemingly lunatic experiments turn out to be all for the sake of one belief which is that people deserve to live out their lives in the company of those they love. In this movie, the creature is treated like a person, not a monster. It is extremely intelligent and is fully aware of its cruelty. It turns to evil because of its complete rejection by society, not because of a defective brain like in the first movie. The creature only wants a friend, someone who would love it. For the sympathy of one living being it is prepared to make peace with all the rest. Doctor Frankenstein and his creation have an odd, sophisticated and complex relationship. The creature says: “You gave me these emotions, but you did not tell me how to use them.” That kind of dialogues and the way that the creature thinks made me feel sad and sorry for it. It wanted Frankenstein to be its father, to teach it how to live a life, but he did not do that. Towards the end the