1. Metropolis and Pop Culture
... of Rotwang. Furthermore, much like Rotwang, Victor Frankenstein attempts to play God by creating life. Just as Rotwang created False Maria, Dr. Frankenstein created his monster, and just as False Maria was bad, so was the monster (or at least he was viewed that way). Ultimately both men, and their creations are defeated and destroyed in similar fashion. False Maria was sent ... to be burned at the stake, while Frankenstein's monster was set ablaze in an old wooden windmill. Victor Frankenstein was not the only character to have had inherited Rotwang's god complex. Another famous film th...
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