Sympathy For The Monster In Whale's Film
Accordingly, I agree with what Heffernan said that the elimination of the monster’s ability to speak is providing the opportunity for people to have sympathy toward the monster. The first person that the monster had killed in the novel in William Frankenstein, who is one of the brother of Victor Frankenstein. He wants to kill William because he wants to take a revenge on Victor. However, the first person that the monster killed in Whale’s film is Henry Frankenstein’s servant—Fritz. Fritz tied the monster in the basement and locked himself with the monster in a room. Fritz is trying to attack the monster and instigate his anger. Unfortunately, he got killed by the monster in the basement. And that is what makes Henry Frankenstein to admit his experiment is a failure.
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Nevertheless, the lack of intelligent and the ability to speak, the monster throws Maria into the lake while Maria is showing the monster of how to throw the followers to the water (Frankenstein). Apparently, the monster is doing what Maria is showing him but he is doing it in a wrong way. I think Whale excludes the monster’s intellectual and the demonstration of this scene depict the innocence of the monster. Throughout the whole movie, the only sounds that the monster makes are “ewwww and awwww”. The monster’s sounds and acts remind me of how the newborn baby would be, which they are learning and observing what other people would act and not being able to tell other people of what they want. Comparing the monster in Mary Shelley’s novel, the monster in the film does not have the intention to kill other people while the monster in the novel killed people for the revenge. Even though the elimination of the monster’s eloquent speech reduces his intelligence, it can gain audiences’ sympathy toward the
Nevertheless, the lack of intelligent and the ability to speak, the monster throws Maria into the lake while Maria is showing the monster of how to throw the followers to the water (Frankenstein). Apparently, the monster is doing what Maria is showing him but he is doing it in a wrong way. I think Whale excludes the monster’s intellectual and the demonstration of this scene depict the innocence of the monster. Throughout the whole movie, the only sounds that the monster makes are “ewwww and awwww”. The monster’s sounds and acts remind me of how the newborn baby would be, which they are learning and observing what other people would act and not being able to tell other people of what they want. Comparing the monster in Mary Shelley’s novel, the monster in the film does not have the intention to kill other people while the monster in the novel killed people for the revenge. Even though the elimination of the monster’s eloquent speech reduces his intelligence, it can gain audiences’ sympathy toward the