Frankenstein story
A scientist and his assistant who dig up corpses to build a man animated by electricity, but his assistant accidentally gives the creature an abnormal, murderer's brain. The resultant monster is portrayed by Boris Karloff in the film.
15 total · 9 major · 6 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| engaged couple | major | Frankenstein and Elizabeth |
| hubris | major | The film's presenter describes Frankenstein as “a man of science who sought to create a man after his own image without reckoning upon God.” Frankenstein was convinced he had found a way to create a normal human being, but in his arrogance he instead created a monster |
| mad scientist stereotype | major | Dr. Frankenstein had the hubris to presume he could reanimate a corpse using the power of electricity. |
| maker and monster | major | Frankenstein and the hideous monster of his own creation |
| obsession | major | Frankenstein to create life |
| playing God with nature | major | Frankenstein and the hideous monster of his own creation |
| pride goes before a fall | major | Dr. Frankenstein was certain that he'd found a way to restore life to the ded, but was horrified when the fruit of his labor turned out to be a hideous monster. |
| undead being | major | Frankenstein's monster. |
| what it is like to be different | major | Frankenstein's monster was rejected by society and treated cruelly. |
| body snatching | minor | Igor stole a fresh corpse to reanimate. |