dimarts, 10 de març del 2009

Frankenstein: Book vs film:


In this composition, I’ll explain the differences between the Frankenstein’s book and movie. The differences are:
In the film Victor’s mother dies when giving birth to William and in the book dies because of her illness.
The relation of Victor and Henry is different in the book and in the film because. In the film they’ve been friends at the university and in the book they have been friends since they were children.
Apart from that, in the book Victor has two brothers Ernest and William. However, in the film Victor has one brother, William.
We also observed that in the film Victor’s mother gives a diary to Victor but not in the book. Furthermore, in the film there is an epidemic smallpox.
In the book, the laboratory of Victor Frankenstein is far from the island and in the film it is next to the university, in the city.
In the film, when Victor is doing the experiment he receives the visit of Elisabeth.
In both stories, Justine was being accused of William’s murder. In the book she first passes a trial and dies in prison, although in the film she is being hung.
In the book victor make a wife for the creature but he destroyed it because it is horrible. However, regarding the way or duing, In the film, the monster kills Elisabeth pulling out her heart, but in the book, he strangles her. After the dead of Elisabeth Victor gives her life again, but when Elisabeth looks in the mirror she suicide by burning themselves.
Finally, in the film the monster died with his creator and in the book the monster leaves and we don’t know if he died or not.