... Victor Frankenstein is haunted until his death by his worst fear, the creature to which he has given life. Whale's Henry Frankenstein receives a very different fate. He is able to escape his creation and apparently carry on with his life. Both Shelley's and ... the creator who abandons him immediately after his "birth." Henry Frankenstein attempts to control and teach his creature. Victor Frankenstein leaves his to die. Whale's creature, however, is the one that has become deeply imbedded in the collective subconscious of America, due mostly to the overwhelming popularity of the ... at le...

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... story may cause the observer to feel differently toward the same character. The monster in Mary Shelley's novel, Frankenstein, and the monster in James Whale's film Frankenstein can be viewed as two completely different characters. The two monsters have different motives for killing. The creature in each version of ... of killing, the reader is able to sympathize to a certain degree. The monster has rational motives for causing emotional pain to Victor Frankenstein. James Whale's adaptation of the scene of the monster's first moment of life is quite different. Before the monster is even...

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The representation of women in horror In the 3 earlier films, "the bride of Frankenstein" (whale, 1933), "Dracula" (fisher, 1958) and "Psycho" (Hitchcock, 1960) the women are very stereotyped. The baroness in "the bride of Frankenstein" is a very feminine and passive character. At the beginning of ... ...

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