The Bride of Frankenstein

One of the main differences of Mary Shelly's novel, Frankenstein and James Whale's film The Bride of Frankenstein. was that how the Monster was portrayed and showed. The Monster was portrayed as dumb, ignorant, and uncivilized, that does not have the capacity to think rationally without the guidance of a human. I think that this shows the need of the human to be the superior or the higher being, in which he is the mentor and creator of the Creature. Meaning he has the conmplete control of this creature that he has created via mean that is very questionable and exceeds the line of morality. Frankenstein tackles this issue in which, do we, the humans, have the right to create something that violates the peace of the dead and then then doing such act not to serve as an advantage for the people but just to satisfy one's desire.The story really reflects on how people see themselves as; a superior being than other living creatures of this world. As such humans tend to think that they also have the power to bend the rules of nature.

As a film, I think that The Bride of Frankenstein certainly captures the viewers attention even though compared with today's latest cinematic advances, it is still treated as one of the classics. The effects were not as bad and cringe-worthy as I expected. Acting-wise, it is ranging from very good to okay. So as a whole, I think the film has done its job to tell their version of Mary Shelly's Frankenstein.

Aleczandra S. De La Paz
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